K2

Broad Peak, Everest, K2: The Struggles Continue

What do you do after a failed attempt on...

Winter 8,000m Update: Urubko and Bowie Push Up Broad Peak

Don Bowie has just posted a picture where, for...

Winter 8,000’ers, Updated: Summit Action Brewing

Update: Denis Urubko was originally determined not to waste...

Adam Bielecki: Winter is the New Spring

Since shattering his heel during a moment's inattention last...

Winter 8,000’ers: Kobusch on the Move

Rope-fixing and setting up camps have just begun in...

Mingma G: No O2 on Winter K2

Mingma G's international team arrived in Pakistan yesterday on...

Winter K2: It’s a Go for Mingma’s team!

Right when most assumed that his expedition was cancelled,...

Updated: Who is Really Going for Winter K2 This Season?

Two months ago, it seemed that K2 would be...

Denis Urubko: The Man of Few Words Opens Up

For the last 15 years, Denis Urubko has become...

Winter K2 Preview: Between Mountain Excellence and Commercialization

Winter K2 has become the great unsolved problem of...

Karakorum Recap: The 8,000’ers

The climbing season in Pakistan evolved from rather low...

A Remarkable K2 Season Wraps Up

All K2 climbers have now safely returned to Base...

K2 Summit Tally Spikes From Zero to 24

Patience paid off for the K2 climbers who remained...

Latest Update: K2 Summits!

Nirmal Purja and Gesman Tamang of Bremont Project Possible,...

Nail-Biting Time: K2 Climbers Head For Summit

  The rope-fixing team duly set off from Camp 4...

Lead Climbers Reach Camp 4 on K2

Nirmal Purja, Lakpadendi Sherpa, Gesman Tamang, Changba Sherpa and Lakpa...

Purja Launches New K2 Push — But How Risky Is It?

Turns out that it's not over on K2. While...

Karakorum Weekly Recap: GI, GII Successes, K2 Likely Over

This has been “The Week" in the Karakorum: the...

Updated: K2 Summit Push Aborted

Deep snow and avalanche risk has forced back climbers...

Breaking: Mingote Summits GII, “Parasites” on K2

Gasherbrum II climbers have left Camp 3 for the...

Update: K2 and Gasherbrum II Summit Pushes

Climbers are currently heading for the summit of Gasherbrum...

Karakorum, Updated: The Calm Before the Storm (of Summits)

Wednesday to Friday should have been the peak days...

On K2, 120 Climbers Make Their Move

"Finally, the time we have been waiting for has...

Karakorum: Great Weather, Early Successes

Five more climbers summited Broad Peak this afternoon. The...

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