K2 (8,611 meters/28,251 feet), or "Chogori," is the world's second highest mountain, after Everest (8,048 meters). Unlike Everest and the eight other highest mountains on Earth, K2 is not located in ...

High-altitude mountaineering is unforgiving in ways that don't leave room for ambiguity, ego, or misinformation. A new video ...

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 ...

K2 is considered the most dangerous mountain on Earth, not because of its height, but because of how unforgiving it is.

The foundation of elite mountain climber Nirmal Purja has announced it is bringing a team to Pakistan's K2 next year to clean up "rotting food and human waste" that is "frozen into the ice and ...

(CNN) — 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,” ...

A Polish climber has abandoned his attempt to climb the K2 mountain alone – after ditching his team in dramatic fashion over the weekend. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in ...

A family friend of a porter who eventually died on K2 mountain in Pakistan has called those who walked past the dying man "below humanity," according to reports. A video began circulating last week ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — K2′s “savage” peak beckons the daring, but rare is the climber who answers the call in winter. Dwarfed only by Mt. Everest, K2 is the world’s second-highest peak at 28,251 feet, ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The search for three missing climbers will resume early Monday on K2, the world’s second highest mountain, Pakistani officials said Sunday. Onboard the army helicopter was Sajjid ...