The Norwegian was heading for K2's summit to secure a world record and become the fastest climber to scale all peaks above 8,000m (26,000ft). During the ascent on 27 July, Mr Hassan reportedly ...

Mountaineers have been paying tribute to two experienced climbers who are missing on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. Kazuya Hiraide, 45, and Kenro Nakajima, 39, are two of Japan’s ...

Noel Hanna, from Dromore, County Down, is the first climber from Northern Ireland to conquer K2 K2 has been climbed by two mountaineers from the island of Ireland in separate expeditions just 24 ...

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This marks a tragic end to an incredibly ambitious goal by the fallen climbers. The video below shows the experienced mountaineers prior to their tragic K2 West Face Expedition - Explorersweb.

According to the company, the two were climbing an unexplored route on the west face of K2, an 8,611-meter-high peak in the Karakoram Range in Pakistan on July 27. They had passed the 7,500-meter ...

Towering over the Karakoram range, K2 is the second-tallest peak on Earth — but also considered the planet's hardest mountain to climb. Its summit is 28,251 feet, or 8,611 meters, above sea ...

When a climber falls or wanders off the trail, it's an unwritten code of the mountain to leave them for dead, according to the film. The first person to reach K2's summit was Spaniard Alberto ...

Alina Pekova has conquered all 14 mountain peaks that are over 8,000 meters high. Less than 50 climbers in the world have ...