K2

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
A mix and snow and rock between Camps 1 and 2.

Canadian Climber Missing on K2

Canadian climber Richard Cartier of Quebec has gone missing...
July 23, 2022
Lone climber in red near the top of Broad Peak

British Climber Dies on Broad Peak

While all the attention focused yesterday on the record...
July 23, 2022

K2: Tseng Summits No-O2, Night Approaches as Climbers Descend

We now have more details about today's K2 summits....
July 22, 2022

Summit Tsunami on K2

When the weather improved, six Sherpas quickly fixed the...
July 22, 2022

Breaking: First K2 Summits!

After a long day of fighting high winds and...
July 21, 2022
Panoramic image of the summit ridge and summit of Broad Peak

More Broad Peak Summits; K2 Final Push Begins

After yesterday's speed ascents, a large number of regular...
July 20, 2022

Vedrines Summits Broad Peak in 7 Hours! Plus: More on K2

Broad Peak or K2? Two days ago, as the...
July 19, 2022
The snowy/rocky pyramid of upper K2

K2 and Broad Peak Summit Plans

Summit fever is hard to avoid after more than...
July 18, 2022
The upper snowy section of K2

Summit Push Begins on K2

A number of K2 teams are moving toward the...
July 18, 2022
Climber in a grey, flat area of Broad Peak, in bad weather

Everyone is Ready for K2, but is K2 Ready for Everyone?

In Broad Peak and K2 Base Camps, climbers are...
July 14, 2022

Too Hot on Nanga Parbat; Waiting for Weather on GII, K2

High temperatures on Nanga Parbat have made conditions too...
July 11, 2022
A climber on a snow ridge.

Broad Peak: A Surprise Summit, and Details on the Fatal Accident

Bucking this season's poor communications, Giuseppe Vidoni of Italy...
July 8, 2022

Kristin Harila: Bruised but Ready for the Next 8,000’er

On Wednesday, six days after summiting Nanga Parbat, Kristin...
July 8, 2022

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