K2, 'The Mountain of Mountains', is the second highest peak in the world, and most deadly. Madison Mountaineering has begun their ascent of K2.

By far the most popular route on K2 is the Abruzzi Spur, or the Southeast Ridge, which begins on the Pakistani side of the mountain. This is the same route that was used for the peak's first ...

The big Nepalese agencies are already fixing the route on K2 as clients begin to arrive, but even basic details about teams ...

Increased rockfall and a snow surface where crampons can't bite in have increased the difficulty and danger on the early ...

British mountaineer says K2 challenge is ‘one of the world’s toughest’ - British-Bangladeshi mountaineer Akke Rahman hopes to ...

K2 is also the coldest and windiest of climbs. At places along the route, climbers must navigate nearly sheer rock faces rising 80 degrees, while avoiding frequent and unpredictable avalanches.

A woman from Pakistan and another from Iran appear to be the first females from their countries to reach the top of K2, one of the world's highest and most dangerous summits.

Climbers recovered the body of a Pakistani porter from K2 mountain, a climbing federation confirmed Tuesday, a year after he died while other climbers made a record-breaking ascent.

Pakistan’s K2 has been called a “savage mountain” by climbers. According to a 2021 report by the New York Times, the ratio of deaths to ascents on K2 is nearly one to six.

A woman from Pakistan and another from Iran appear to be the first from their countries to have scaled K2, the world’s second-highest mountain and one of the most dangerous summits.