K2

The sherpa team at the final ramp leading to the summit of K2 this morning.

Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa Summit K2 in Risky Conditions

The long, hazardous journey for the rope-fixing team on...
July 27, 2023

Pressure Mounts on K2

K2 climbers are jamming Camps 2 and 3 and...
July 26, 2023
Mingma takes a selfie showing him and a group of climbers progressing on mixed terrain in background, on a foggy day.

K2: Heavy Snow Delays Rope Fixers, Harila in Camp 2

The rope-fixing team on K2 has spent all day...
July 25, 2023
Cardell raise her fist in triumph, while Urubko looks at her, on a cloudy summit.

Karakoram Season Nears Finale With Urubko’s New Route, Harila’s 14th

The season is approaching its -- hopefully grand --...
July 24, 2023
A climber on steep, mixed tearrain, the glacier down below at his feet.

An Uncertain Summit Push Starts On K2

The weather on K2 is not ideal, but the...
July 21, 2023
Bargiel in light mountain clothes ties a rope to his harness in the night, light from his headlamp.

Summit Pushes Almost Everywhere

A large group of climbers summited Gasherbrum II today...
July 18, 2023
The group pose with a company banner in front of their yellow personal tents, in a cloudy day.

Karakoram: Weather Improving but Mountains Not Yet Ready

The good weather settling in today or tomorrow coincides...
July 12, 2023
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

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