He had been attempting to summit K2 without oxygen but became severely fatigued, forcing him to abandon the expedition. Rhys Fitzgerald got to the top of one Himalayan mountain as a warm-up for ...

Everest. K2. Denali. All formidable peaks, but none of them bear the title of ‘World’s Most Deadly Mountain.’ Though climbers ...

Anything over that, you really risk heading to a memorial at the bottom of the mountain. That's why on K2, I was worried about our team. Our team's summit was 16 hours. You know, when I'm looking ...

Acute mountain sickness, with symptoms of dizziness, vomiting and headaches, has also caused deaths. While the risks are clear, Alan Arnette, a professional mountaineer who counts Everest and K2 ...

Mount Kanchenjunga is seen from Siliguri. Kanchenjunga is the world's third highest mountain at 8169 feet) after Mount ...

Vanessa O'Brien, the fastest woman to climb the highest peak on every continent and the first American and British woman to climb the second-highest mountain in the world, explains why K2 is a ...

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 ...

A Polish man has become the first person to ski from the summit of K2, the second highest mountain in the world and the most difficult to climb. One in four people die attempting to summit the 28 ...

In July 2019, he stood atop Mount Rakaposhi, also in the Karakoram Range, with Nakajima, after opening a new route on its south face. Talking about his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route ...

the world’s tallest mountain, is about 1%. The number increases to 4% of those who summit, as most climbers perish on the descent. K2, known as the 'savage mountain' in the Karakoram, ...