K2

part of a tent on a steeep snowfield and the valley lower down, covered by a huge glacier.

Summit Pushes on Broad Peak and Nanga Parbat

A second wave of climbers is between Camp 2...
July 1, 2023
Sajid in green fleece and sunglases, sitting on a rock, Everest's West Soulder in background.

Sajid Sadpara Joins Nirmal Purja for Everest No-O2

Instead of going to Makalu with Seven Summit Treks...
May 8, 2023
The Polish climbers approach the Greenland range where they plan to climb.

Tomaszewski Starts Greenland Climb; Has Kobusch Retreated Already on Denali?

"We have discovered our own iced-up El Dorado: untouched...
February 9, 2023
k2 climbing house's chimney

Would You Climb This if Your Life Depended on it? House’s Chimney on K2

Some mountain features will win beauty contests, and some...
February 8, 2023
Adam Bielecki at the base of Tilicho Peak.

Adam Bielecki on Style, K2, and Winter Manaslu

With two 8,000m winter firsts on his resumé, Adam...
January 26, 2023
Ali Sakhi and another climber on their first rotation to Camp 2.

What Really Happened to Ali Akbar Sakhi on K2

This past summer, Afghan climber Ali Akbar Sakhi died...
December 11, 2022
Eakin on a sunny, snowy landscape, with two ice-axes on the ground in front of him.

Family to Retrieve Matthew Eakin’s Body From Winter K2

So far, one group has requested a permit from...
November 16, 2022
The Magic Line drawn onto K2 showing the route up the southwestern ridge of the mountain.

A Short History of K2’s Magic Line

Reinhold Messner named it the "Magic Line", a dangerous...
October 28, 2022
reflection of K2 in a pond, flanked by silhouetted mountains

K2 Fees Up for the First Time in 20 Years, and It’s a Good Idea

For the first time in 20 years, Pakistan has...
September 18, 2022

Great Explorers: Oscar Eckenstein

Born in 1859, English engineer and mountaineer Oscar Eckenstein...
September 14, 2022
Donkeys carry loads of garbage just retrieved from K2 pass the new litter disposal point signaled in Base Camp. K2's snowy flanks in background.

K2 Garbage: Who Left It, Who Will Clean It Up, And What Should Happen to Those Responsible?

Who is to blame for the piles of garbage...
September 1, 2022
Grace Tseng, without O2 but surrounded by her Sherpa team on O2, joins the lines on the upper sections of K2.

Conflict, Garbage, Controversy: Lessons From K2

The industrialization of high-altitude climbing that happened on Everest...
August 20, 2022
Piles of garbage on K2

Climber Appalled by K2 Conditions, Calls it a ‘Pigsty’

Flor Cuenca of Peru doesn't make as many headlines...
August 9, 2022

K2 Speed Ascent Records: Who Wears the Crown?

French alpinist Benoit Chamoux holds the record for the...
August 6, 2022
Capture of drone footage around K2 summit, showing the climbers on the top and the mountain landscape around.

K2 Summit Seen As Never Before: From a Drone

Photographer Sandro Gromen-Hayes had a history of poor luck...
August 4, 2022
selfie of Denis Urubko

Urubko Goes Home — No Record This Time

Denis Urubko has decided to go home without breaking...
August 1, 2022

Denis Urubko Summits K2 Alone, Closes in on Record

Denis Urubko summited K2 (8,611m) this morning at 7:30...
July 29, 2022

K2 — On the Eve of His 49th Birthday, Urubko Keeps Driving

Denis Urubko arrived at K2 Base Camp yesterday. By...
July 28, 2022

Record Time on K2; Plus, Harila and Nims Neck and Neck

This morning has seen new summits on K2, Broad...
July 28, 2022
portrait of Denis Urubko on a Himalayan mountaintop, with ice ax

Denis Urubko Heads to K2 for Record-Tying 8,000’er

Denis Urubko is on his way to K2 to...
July 27, 2022
A line of climbes moves up a steep part of K2 in orange morning light

K2 is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Everest

When 145 climbers summited K2 in a single record-breaking...
July 26, 2022
portrait of the two victims

Two Missing Climbers Found Dead on K2

As we wrote three days ago, Canadian climber Richard...
July 26, 2022
The spire of Trango Tower

Zangerl and Larcher Also Free Climb Trango Route; Plus: Romanian Survives

Two days after Edu Marin made just the second...
July 26, 2022
Snowy Bondit Peak

Masherbrum, Trango Tower, and More From the Karakoram

Some interesting climbs, including a first ascent, have taken...
July 24, 2022

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