Of insufficient route flags. Of disorganisation and (perhaps for some ... experienced mountaineers such as Romano Benet and Nives Meroi needed 12 years to climb K2 (even if three attempts were from ...

His K2 climb was extraordinary for reasons other than his descent. He followed a combination of routes, linking the Polish ...

After losing his longtime climbing partner in an accident in Hokkaido in 2015, Hiraide is now plotting to conquer K2, the world’s second highest peak, by a new route up the west face with a new ...

Alex Gavan Tamara Lunger will also be climbing K2 Flanked by vast glaciers and thrashed ... rope lines at various points up their ascent route. The two mountaineers aim to reach base camp by ...

the mountain is also host to nearly a dozen existing but rarely attempted routes, many of which climb from the mountain’s frighteningly remote Chinese side. “K2 is a beast of mountains.

Two years ago, we reported that royalty fees to climb K2 had increased for the first time in 20 years. At the time, it was ...

All is well here in K2 base camp and we will check in soon!” The Madison Mountaineering team is climbing the Abruzzi Spur ...

Mountain journalist Yukio Kondo, who is a friend of the two climbers, said, “Hiraide considered this climb his biggest challenge.” Kondo added that K2’s route is steep and avalanche prone ...

Mick Fowler and 74-year-old Victor Saunders make an odd couple. But their teamwork just yielded yet another striking ...

K2, topmost of the Himalayas-adjacent Karakoram ... Purists groused that he was climbing standard routes using supplemental oxygen, a style not much different from that of tourists.