Mount K2

Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif faced many dangers climbing the planet's tallest peaks, but his toughest moment came when he passed the corpse of his hero on the savage slopes of K2.

The bodies of three mountaineers who died during a winter expedition on MountK2 have been found months after they went missing while scaling the world's second-highest peak, officials said Tuesday.

Renowned mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara and two other climbers who went missing early this month while attempting to scale K2, the world's second-highest mountain, were declared dead on Thursday after hectic efforts spanning over two weeks to locate them failed to produce any positive result.

Nirmal Purja made a promise earlier this month: It will be the Nepalese climbing community that completes what is deemed one of the most daring mountaineering feats - reaching the summit of Mount K2 in winter. On January 16, he was part of one of the two Nepali teams that converged a mere 10 metres ahead of the 28,251-foot mountain's peak. From the...

Nepali climbers who made history at the weekend by becoming the first to summit the world's second-highest mountain in winter told Wednesday how they battled hurricane-force winds and freezing temperatures to achieve the record.

The triumphant team of Nepali climbers who made history when they became the first to summit Pakistan's K2 in winter arrived safely back at base camp on Sunday, officials said.

He is the only man ever to have scaled K2 three times, but Pakistani national Fazal Ali's achievements have gone largely unrecognised, like those of many of his fellow porters who risk life and limb on the world's second-highest peak.

A Canadian national who was attempting to climb Mount K2 has fallen to his death, officials said Saturday.

A Russian-Polish mountaineer, Denis Urubko, has launched the first solo attempt to summit K2 -- the world's second-highest park -- during winter, in what fellow climbers described as a reckless decision.

According to India's surveyor-general, a school of thought has grown that Earth's highest peak, Mount Everest, has shrunk.

Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif faced many dangers climbing the planet's tallest peaks, but his toughest moment came when he passed the corpse of his hero on the savage slopes of K2.

The bodies of three mountaineers who died during a winter expedition on MountK2 have been found months after they went missing while scaling the world's second-highest peak, officials said Tuesday.

Renowned mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara and two other climbers who went missing early this month while attempting to scale K2, the world's second-highest mountain, were declared dead on Thursday after hectic efforts spanning over two weeks to locate them failed to produce any positive result.

Nirmal Purja made a promise earlier this month: It will be the Nepalese climbing community that completes what is deemed one of the most daring mountaineering feats - reaching the summit of Mount K2 in winter. On January 16, he was part of one of the two Nepali teams that converged a mere 10 metres ahead of the 28,251-foot mountain's peak. From the...

Nepali climbers who made history at the weekend by becoming the first to summit the world's second-highest mountain in winter told Wednesday how they battled hurricane-force winds and freezing temperatures to achieve the record.

The triumphant team of Nepali climbers who made history when they became the first to summit Pakistan's K2 in winter arrived safely back at base camp on Sunday, officials said.

He is the only man ever to have scaled K2 three times, but Pakistani national Fazal Ali's achievements have gone largely unrecognised, like those of many of his fellow porters who risk life and limb on the world's second-highest peak.

A Canadian national who was attempting to climb Mount K2 has fallen to his death, officials said Saturday.

A Russian-Polish mountaineer, Denis Urubko, has launched the first solo attempt to summit K2 -- the world's second-highest park -- during winter, in what fellow climbers described as a reckless decision.

According to India's surveyor-general, a school of thought has grown that Earth's highest peak, Mount Everest, has shrunk.