Fuelled by loss, injury and jelly beans, Kirsty Mack tells of how she conquered the world's second-highest peak.

K2 (8,611 meters/28,251 feet), or "Chogori," is the world's second highest mountain, after Everest (8,048 meters). Unlike Everest and the eight other highest mountains on Earth, K2 is not located ...

Esin Handal’s ascent of the world’s second-highest peak marks a milestone for Türkiye, inspiring a new generation of ...

Guan Jing was struck by falling rocks on Tuesday while descending K2, a day after reaching its summit, a government ...

Information from K2 has been highly controlled this season. One climber described the secretive expedition leaders as 'James Bonds in down jackets.' ...

There was only one summit push on K2 this year, very late in the season and in uncertain conditions. We hear from climbers ...

Throughout history, high-altitude climbing was the realm of Sherpa legends, alpinists, and mountaineers. But a recent trend ...

A horrified woman set off on an emotional trek to the world’s second highest peak to bury her loved ones after seeing their remains in a promotional video two years after they were killed in … ...

It's the second-tallest mountain in the world, and only 18 women have survived the climb to the top of K2, known among climbers as "Savage Mountain." But Vanessa O'Brien wants to become the first ...

In Pakistan this season, only one climber summited two 8,000m peaks without bottled oxygen: Sokhail Sakhi. He explains what ...

Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote has died while climbing K2, the world’s second highest summit, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday.

Handal's climb of the world’s second-highest peak - and among the most dangerous - marks a notable achievement in Turkish ...