"The Last First" is not a story of unabashed glory like those previous climb-every-mountain documentaries. Here the glory is ...

High-altitude mountaineering is unforgiving in ways that don't leave room for ambiguity, ego, or misinformation. A new video ...

Learn how a group of Nepali climbers attempt to accomplish the impossible: summiting K2, a mountain more dangerous than Everest, in winter. After reaching K2’s summit in winter, the first all-Nepali ...

Despite being nearly 800 feet shorter than Mount Everest, K2 is a more deadly mountain. Mountaineer Jake Meyer told Insider several critical factors contribute to making K2 so dangerous. On K2, ...

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The late summer climbing season on K2 has come to a close, marked by tragedy, death, challenging climbing conditions, and a few successful summits. The Karakorum region, home to K2 and other ...