On July 27, more than 150 people tried to summit K2 as a man lay dying in their path. Footage from the mountain would later shock the world when it showed climbers walking past him. But Insider's ...

The mother of Mohammed Hassan, a Pakistani porter who died on July 27 during a summit of K2, weeps while she holds a portrait of him at their home in Tasar, a village in the Shigar district in the ...

French climber Benjamin Vedrines reached the summit of Pakistan's K2, the world's second-highest mountain, in a record of just under 11 hours at the weekend. However, two Japanese climbers are feared ...

There was only one summit push on K2 this year, very late in the season and in uncertain conditions. The push came after half the climbers in Base Camp called off their attempts. Three small ...

Climbing K2, the world’s second highest mountain, can seem like a game of Russian roulette. That analogy was never more true than it was on July 23, 2016, when a massive avalanche tore through Camp 3 ...

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Last month, 52-year-old mountaineer Vanessa O’Brien found the snow so deep on her K2 summit attempt that she forgot about her aching knee, recent shoulder surgery, and stress fracture in her sacrum.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. O'Brien, 50, already holds the record for fastest woman to climb the ...

At more than 28,000 feet, K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world. And when Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner reached its summit this week, she became the first woman to climb all 14 of the world's ...

Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote has died while climbing K2, the world’s second highest summit, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday. “Sad death of Sergi Mingote at K2,” Sanchez ...

The team endured temperatures dropping to 58 degrees below zero during its milestone ascent. “The impossible is made possible!” the leader said. By Bhadra Sharma KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Nepali ...