Alex Gavan K2 is one of 14 mountains in the world more than 8,000 ... are considered the backbone of the climbing industry around the Himalayas, and regularly help foreign mountaineers on expeditions.

K2, which is part of the neighbouring Karakoram mountain range, is even more dangerous - there have been 355 successful ascents to the summit and 82 deaths. Most Himalayan ascents are not ...

When a climber falls or wanders off the trail, it's an unwritten code of the mountain to leave them for dead, according to the film. The first person to reach K2's summit was Spaniard Alberto ...

It’s a new additional component of uplift of Mount Everest,” said Matthew Fox, study co-author and geologist at University College London. He expects this spurt of Everest ...

After losing his longtime climbing partner in an accident in Hokkaido in 2015, Hiraide is now plotting to conquer K2, the world ... the highest mountain in the Karakoram Range, without an ...

K2 and Nanga Parbat follow with one death ... mountaineers still flock to these iconic peaks scattered across the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges, which present arguably the most formidable ...

Discover the top 10 majestic mountains in Asia, from the towering Mount Everest to the challenging K2. Explore these ...

The mountain’s growth was previously ... abnormally high compared to others in the range, towering about 250m above the next-tallest peak in the Himalayas. The next three of the world’s ...

Pakistan has a unique mountain landscape, where the Himalayas, Karakoram ... including two of the most beautiful mountains in the world: K2 and Nanga Parbat. Compared to the sea level, the ...

A resident of Hanoi has become the first Vietnamese woman to summit Mount Ama Dablam, which peaks at 6,812 meters in Nepal, amazing the community of local mountaineers and climbing enthusiasts.