"It’s a savage mountain that tries to kill you," American ... to Base Camp and ending the expedition. The Cesen/Basque Route is on K2’s south-southeast spur. This route leads to the Shoulder ...

Talking about his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain when he went on a reconnaissance tour with Nakajima in ...

The news is just in: Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner has reached the summit of K2. The Austrian mountaineer ... history only 20 climbers have ascended this route to the summit. To reach the top of the second ...

the Catalan expedition and the first repeat of the magic line on K2, Himalaya. They too were there at Base Camp ... Manel De La Matta has gone forever, due to an "illness apparently not related to the ...

Among them is the deadly K2 , the world’s second tallest mountain, which boasts a terrifying ... $11,000 to $15,000 on the famous South Col route. For Everest hopefuls, these fees are only ...

The first person to reach K2's summit was Spaniard Alberto ... so a lot of people were lost on the mountain on the wrong side, wrong route — and then you have a big problem,” Van Rooijen ...

According to the company, the two were climbing an unexplored route on the west face of K2, an 8,611-meter-high ... by a rope about 6,300 meters up the mountain.” “I am not able to confirm ...