Gasherbrum II with wind clouds over its pyramidal summit. As Gasherbrum II summiters return to Base Camp, they are sharing some details of their difficult climb — long hours in fog, high winds, and ...

The climbing season in the Himalayas continues, with high-altitude expeditions taking on K2 and other 8,000-meter peaks in the Karakoram. After a successful spring season on Mount Everest, Lhotse, and ...

By 2013, Broad Peak had almost 20 fatalities, making it one of the deadliest 8,000m peaks. That year, two expeditions -- a Polish winter team and an Iranian summer team -- added five more names to ...

Two years after climbing Broad Peak in a record time of 7 hours and 19 minutes, yesterday French ace Benjamin Védrines surpassed himself once again, this time by climbing K2 in an astounding eleven ...

Bad weather has thwarted all attempts to reach the summit of Broad Peak and diminished hopes for K2 climbers, especially since the worst of the storm is yet to come. Further down the valley, the ...