K2

The most-discussed aspect of Alex Txikon's winter K2 expedition...

Alex Txikon has both done a lot and has...

Whether down a river, up a mountain, through a...

[video width="640" height="352" mp4="https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/24004614/VID-20190317-WA0011.mp4"][/video] As it often does, the wind...

[video width="640" height="352" mp4="https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/24004617/VID-20190316-WA0006.mp4"][/video] Alex Txikon, Pasang Sherpa and Cheppal...

Hoping to beat both the conditions and the approaching...

After an emotional week leading the searching operations on...

[caption id="attachment_9347" align="alignnone" width="780"] Eastern team leader Vassiliy Pivtsov...

Just when it seemed that we might learn something...

Helicopter and drone reconnaissance flights have discovered that massive...

Alex Txikon and three of his team, together with...

Today, a helicopter from the Pakistani Air Force managed...

Rain, wind and low clouds again postponed the increasingly...

March 2, 2019: This article has been updated to...

The helicopter searching the Diamir side of Nanga Parbat...

A full-scale rescue operation is unfolding on Nanga Parbat,...

Update, Feb. 26: Both K2 teams are back in...

An urgent new weather update for K2 has just...

As forecast, hurricane-force winds are currently pounding K2. The...

"A Force 4 hurricane is heading towards K2, with...

The Russian/Kazakh/Kyrgyz team - aka the Eastern team --...

Not a great time for Daniele Nardi and Tom...

Options decrease for winter teams with every day that...

Yesterday, Manaslu experienced hurricane-force winds and six metres of...