It is the only mountain above 8,000m - of which there ... Alex Gavan Tamara Lunger will also be climbing K2 Flanked by vast glaciers and thrashed by sub-zero winds, as well as frequent icefalls ...

It has long been referred to as "the savage mountain ... K2. Until now, none has reached higher than 7,650 metres. Nepali guides, usually ethnic Sherpas, are considered the backbone of the ...

Alyona Kuznetsova hadn’t even known her husband planned to climb K2, thinking he was only scouting the mountain. Kuznetsov ...

The captain of another climbing team on K2 checked the situation from a helicopter and reported that the two Japanese “were connected by a rope about 6,300 meters up the mountain.” ...

At 8,611 meters, K2 is second in height to Mount Everest but is known as the more difficult to climb. For this reason, it is dubbed the "devil’s mountain" or ruthless mountain. Many climbers ...

The attempt to return to climbing's true roots: by honest means and work, work, work. This, as always, is our only secret." Oscar Cadiach, Manel de la Matta, Jordi Corominas, Jordi Tosas and Valentí ...

So when you are climbing there, even if you are on ... 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 ...

Peak Danger is Season 2 of Extreme, the BBC podcast about those who chase the impossible... who strive for superhuman status ...

Hiraide Kazuya and Nakajima Kenro lost their lives in July attempting to ascend the world's second-highest mountain ... risked life and limb to open new climbing routes to perilous peaks.

K2, known as the 'savage mountain' in the ... Emma Grace is a rock-hopping, mountain-climbing, sour-candy-eating adventurer who loves her car, her cat, and her trusty backpack.