K2 (8,611 meters/28,251 feet), or "Chogori," is the world's second highest mountain, after Everest (8,048 meters). Unlike Everest and the eight other highest mountains on Earth, K2 is not located in ...

K2 MOUNTAIN is earth’s second-highest mountain, is notoriously difficult – and sometimes deadly – to climb. So where is it, and how did it get its name? Here’s all you need to know. Please provide a ...

The entire country prays for a miracle in finding renowned Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara after contact was lost with him during his quest to summit K2 in the perilous Karakoram winter, as ...

(CNN)-- A Pakistani rescue helicopter evacuated an Italian climber Wednesday -- four days after he survived a deadly ice avalanche on K2, the world's second highest mountain. The helicopter picked up ...

A horrified woman set off on an emotional trek to the world’s second highest peak to bury her loved ones after seeing their remains in a promotional video two years after they were killed in an ...

K2 mountaineers have accused fellow climbers of skirting around a dying Sherpa to reach the summit of the 'savage mountain' because they were more interested in setting records than saving the life of ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — K2′s “savage” peak beckons the daring, but rare is the climber who answers the call in winter. Dwarfed only by Mt. Everest, K2 is the world’s second-highest peak at 28,251 feet, ...

A group of Japanese trekkers climbs the rock-covered Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan September 3, 2014. Geographically, Pakistan is a climbers paradise. It rivals Nepal for ...