The world’s second-highest mountain ... a 26,000-foot peak in winter. Mountaineering pundits could hardly contain their scorn. “Are We Heading For Disaster on Winter K2?” ...

In 2021, a team of Nepali climbers made the first winter ascent of K2, the world's second-highest peak -- the notoriously challenging 8,611-metre (28,251-feet) "savage mountain" of Pakistan.

K2, located in the Karakorum mountain range, is one of the most dangerous climbs. Last month, team of 10 Nepalese climbers made history by scaling the K2 for the first time in winter.

undisturbed – as with mum on K2.” In 2015, Tom was dubbed the new King of the Alps after he became the first person to solo climb all six major north faces of the mountain range in one winter.

Two Japanese climbers have gone missing while attempting to scale K2 ... highest peak. According to reports, the two mountaineers slipped and fell on the 8,611-meter-high mountain in Pakistan ...

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 ...

In these hours we are powerlessly witnessing the tragedy unfold on Broad Peak. Two alpinists have returned to base camp safe and sound with the historic first winter ascent of the mountain ... one day ...