Given a possible weather delay, the climbers currently heading for the summit of K2 could reach it during the third week of August. That would become the mountain's first August summits since 2011, ...

Pakistani climber Sajid Ali Sadpara has made history by scaling some of Earth's tallest peaks, but perhaps his greatest accomplishment is his cleanup effort on K2 in the summer of 2023. Last July, ...

Bhadra Sharma is a journalist covering South Asia focusing on climbing, mountains, climate change, geopolitics and social affairs.

Female mountain climbers face more obstacles than men when climbing the Himalayan mountain K2, but they choose to do so anyway for the thrill it provides, according to Jennifer Jordan, a journalist ...

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In the shadow of Karakoram’s most famous peak you’ll find trails through granite-walled gorges, alpine meadows, and glacial ...

Growing up, Aidan Hyman wasn’t really into athletics. Then a cute guy came along. He was captain of the high school cross country team; and naturally, Hyman wanted to join. There was only one problem: ...

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 ...