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 ...

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.” ...

Mountaineers have been paying tribute to two experienced climbers who are missing on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. Kazuya Hiraide, 45, and Kenro Nakajima, 39, are two of Japan’s ...

Kaltenbrunner said climbing K2, the second tallest peak in the world ... day she hopes to climb the peak of Mount Kailash, a sacred mountain in India that is over 6,500 meters tall.

The bitter dispute between Pakistan and local outfitters over steep price increases for permits has worsened. Some hikers ...

In August 2008, around 30 climbers took on K2. Over 2 disastrous days ... It looks like a kid's drawing of a mountain...but this terrifying peak is anything but child's play.