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 in ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Bulgarian mountain climber has been found dead during his attempt to reach the peak of K2, the world’s second-tallest mountain located on the border of Pakistan and China. The ...

A Bulgarian mountaineer fell to his death during an expedition on Pakistan's K2, his team said Friday, the second person to die on the world's second highest mountain in weeks. Seven Summit Treks -- a ...

A photo of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, is displayed on a cell phone in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Families of the three mountaineers who went missing in Pakistan last ...

DENVER – It was a bold enterprise. Dr. Charles Houston and eight others went to the Himalayas in 1953 to climb K2, a mountain many consider far more treacherous than Mount Everest. They never reached ...

But world's highest email attempt mired by tragedy... A dot-com CEO's brave expedition up Pakistan's treacherous K2 has tripled the company's sales. Michael Jackson, the founder of outdoor pursuits ...

The Winter Polish K2 Expedition has been called off without a successful summit but with all members, including Denis Urubko, Marcin Kaczkan and Krzysztof Wielicki, are safely back in Base Camp. Our ...

A Polish-Russian mountaineer, who was attempting to become the first person to climb K2 by himself in the winter, aborted his mission on Sunday over safety concerns. Denis Urubko had hopes of ...