His K2 climb was extraordinary for reasons other than his descent. He followed a combination of routes, linking the Polish ...

Sheridan, Wyoming, mountaineer Darren Rogers planned and trained for more than two years to climb to the top of K2. Once ...

Two years ago, we reported that royalty fees to climb K2 had increased for the first time in 20 years. At the time, it was ...

All is well here in K2 base camp and we will check in soon!” The Madison Mountaineering team is climbing the Abruzzi Spur ...

After losing his longtime climbing partner in an accident in Hokkaido in 2015, Hiraide is now plotting to conquer K2, the world’s second highest peak, by a new route up the west face with a new ...

Alex Gavan Tamara Lunger will also be climbing K2 Flanked by vast glaciers and thrashed ... rope lines at various points up their ascent route. The two mountaineers aim to reach base camp by ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, Maria Conceicao has made history as the first Portuguese woman to summit K2, the world’s ...

Located on Pakistan-China border, K2 stands tall at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) as the second-highest mountain in the world and a jewel in Pakistan’s crown making it prominent among nations with ...

Mountain journalist Yukio Kondo, who is a friend of the two climbers, said, “Hiraide considered this climb his biggest challenge.” Kondo added that K2’s route is steep and avalanche prone ...

The ascent slashed by more than half the previous record for climbing K2 without bottled oxygen, completed in 23 hours by fellow Frenchman Benoit Chamoux in 1986. The remarkable feat on the ...

K2, topmost of the Himalayas-adjacent Karakoram ... Purists groused that he was climbing standard routes using supplemental oxygen, a style not much different from that of tourists.