Among them is the deadly K2 , the world’s second tallest mountain, which boasts a terrifying death rate of more than 20%. Officials had previously planned to triple climbing fees, meaning ...

above all when climbing a mountain such as K2. In the mountains, and on this mountain in particular, climbers must be aware of and respect the difficulties and dangers and, at times, know how to ...

The world’s second-highest mountain looms even higher above ... SST brought the first large-scale commercial climbing operation to K2 in the summer of 2018. Following the pandemic shutdown ...

The captain of another climbing team on K2 checked the situation from a helicopter and reported that the two Japanese “were connected by a rope about 6,300 meters up the mountain.” ...

Something of a 'legendary grandfather' in Himalayan climbing circles, he was best known for making ... Rick was "on fire for a potential new route up K2, the mountain of mountains," remembers Jerry.

After losing his longtime climbing partner ... his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain when he went on a ...

We spoke with climber Nims Purja about climbing K2, his essential gear ... I'm very excited for Cho Oyu because that’s the last mountain and I would like to open the route from the Nepal ...

For the K2 dubbed "wild mountain" or "ruthless mountain", only ... And these statistics are even worse At the start of the 2004 climbing season, only five talented and determined women had reached ...