a reshaping of Earth’s crust that produced the highest mountain range on the planet. The Himalayas include 10 of the world’s 14 “eight thousanders,” the peaks higher than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet), ...

Mountaineers have been paying tribute to two experienced climbers who are missing on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. Kazuya Hiraide, 45, and Kenro Nakajima, 39, are two of Japan’s ...

Two Japanese climbers have gone missing while attempting to scale K2 ... world’s second-highest peak. According to reports, the two mountaineers slipped and fell on the 8,611-meter-high ...

When a climber falls or wanders off the trail, it's an unwritten code of the mountain to leave them for dead, according to the film. The first person to reach K2's summit was Spaniard Alberto ...

Anything over that, you really risk heading to a memorial at the bottom of the mountain. That's why on K2, I was worried about our team. Our team's summit was 16 hours. You know, when I'm looking ...