"It’s a savage mountain that tries to kill you," American alpinist George Bell said of 8,611m K2. Bell was speaking in 1953, after he and his climbing partners nearly died while attempting the first ...

Rescuers airlifted two frostbitten Dutch climbers to safety from K2 on Monday, but were unable to reach an Italian stranded by an ice fall that killed 11 men on the world's second highest peak. The ...

K2 has often flashed its savage side. One of the most famous disasters happened in the summer of 1995, between August 13 and 15. We examine the tragedy in a two-part series. You can check out Part 1 ...

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Pakistani army helicopters airlifted two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday after a catastrophic avalanche on the world's second highest peak killed 11 mountaineers, officials said. An ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rescuers airlifted two frostbitten Dutch climbers to safety from K2 today, but were unable to reach an Italian stranded by an ice fall ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a painful descent on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mounteering disaster that killed 11 climbers on K2 reached base camp Tuesday as cloud and snow prevented a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A frostbitten Italian climber said he was glad to be alive as he limped into K2 base camp after surviving an ice avalanche which killed ...

AN Irish documentary about a mountain-climbing disaster has been selected for Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival. Produced and directed by Nick Ryan, 'The Summit' tells of how on August 1, 2008, ...

Limping through ice on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mountaineering disaster that killed 11 climbers on K2 reached base camp Tuesday as clouds and snow prevented a helicopter rescue. "Now ...

The Summit Trailer 2. Nick Ryan‘s The Summit (2012) movie trailer 2 for the K2 documentary stars Christine Barnes, Hoselito Bite, Marco Confortola, Pat Falvey, and Niall Foley. The Summit‘s plot ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – After a painful descent on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mounteering disaster that killed 11 climbers on K2 reached base camp Tuesday as cloud and snow prevented a ...