Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.

Alison Hargreaves would have turned 63. She had already become one of the best climbers of her generation when she died at ...

We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela introduces Extreme: Peak Danger. A mountain of trouble. In August 2008, around 30 climbers took on ...

Aconcagua:  The Seven Summits During the winter months, climbing season transitions to the southern hemisphere, which includes Aconcagua, the highest mountain i ...

Mountains have always been more than just towering landforms; they symbolise mystery, power, and the resilience of nature.

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 ...

Towering 8,611m and reaching into the heavens like a snowcapped pyramid, K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain (topped only by Everest) and arguably the hardest to climb. In Peak Danger ...

Fresh from the Himalayas, Brit Kenton Cool stands in his garage in the British Cotswolds stowing away climbing gear: a bright ...

Fresh from the Himalayas, Brit Kenton Cool stands in his garage in the British Cotswolds stowing away climbing gear: a bright ...

Vittoria Sella scaled many tall peaks, including Kangchenjunga and K2, and took some of the greatest photographs ever of the ...