A Russian-Polish mountaineer has launched the first solo attempt to summit Pakistans K2 -- the worlds second-highest park -- during winter, in what fellow climbers described as a reckless decision.

The season has ended without summits on Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak, but a few climbers refuse to abandon K2. The Sherpas with Imagine Nepal are willing to lead a summit push as soon as conditions ...

Serge Hardy didn't call off his attempt on K2 as earlier news from the mountain suggested. He turned to supplementary oxygen from the Bottleneck onward and summited on August 12, one day after the ...

GIlGIT, 29 Julу (BelTA - APP) - In a groundbreaking achievement Sultana Nasab from GB Pakistan a member of the first women’s expedition team successfully summited K2, the world’s second-highest ...

Last week, Pakistani climbers brought the body of Muhammad Hassan down from 8,400m on K2. They took him back to his family, thus closing a shameful episode in both the climbing industry and the ...

GILGIT, Pakistan (AP) — A rescue team from Pakistan and Nepal has retrieved the body of a Chinese climber who was killed on K2, the world’s second-highest peak in northern Pakistan, a regional ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A team of climbers from Nepal on Saturday become the first mountaineers to successfully complete a winter attempt on the summit of K2, the world's second tallest peak. The group ...