"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 – 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 ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A frostbitten Italian climber said he was glad to be alive as he limped into K2 base camp after surviving an ice avalanche which killed ...

This is the latest edition of disaster happening to those climbing the world's highest peaks. Graham Bowley writes a riveting narrative of the sequence of events that killed 11 climbers and porters in ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rescuers airlifted two frostbitten Dutch climbers to safety from K2 today, but were unable to reach an Italian stranded by an ice fall ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people presumed dead on the world's second-highest mountain ...

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 ...

Rescuers airlifted two frostbitten Dutch climbers to safety from K2 on Monday, but were unable to reach an Italian stranded by an ice fall that killed 11 men on the world's second highest peak. The ...

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 ...