"It’s a savage mountain that tries to kill you," American alpinist George Bell said of 8,611m K2. Bell was speaking in 1953, after he and his climbing partners nearly died while attempting the first ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The last survivor of the deadliest mountaineering disaster ever to hit the world's second-highest peak was rescued by helicopter Wednesday, nearly five days after the tragedy, a ...

Italian Marco Confortola was stranded on the world’s second highest peak after an ice fall nearly four days ago.After a painful descent on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mountaineering ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The frostbitten last survivor of the mountaineering disaster that killed 11 people on the world's second-highest peak was plucked off K2 on Wednesday and taken to a military ...

Today, British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves would have turned 63. Hargreaves dedicated her life to climbing but died too ...

No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley has now been published in Italy by Mondadori. The book retraces the 2008 tragedy on K2 which cost the lives of 11 alpinists and only Italian ...

In June of 2008, an international team of mountaineers, friends who have climbed together in the past, set off an a journey to summit K2.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — At least nine climbers were feared dead Sunday after ice sheared off the summit of K2 and crashed down the mountain, sweeping away fixed ropes and leaving some mountaineers ...

K2 has often flashed its savage side. One of the most famous disasters happened in the summer of 1995, between August 13 and 15. We examine the tragedy in a two-part series. You can check out Part 1 ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a painful descent on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mounteering disaster that killed 11 climbers on K2 reached base camp Tuesday as cloud and snow prevented a ...

In June of 2008, an international team of mountaineers, friends who have climbed together in the past, set off an a journey to summit K2.