Among them is the deadly K2 , the world’s second tallest mountain ... summer climbing season by a whopping 36%, jumping in September from $11,000 to $15,000 on the famous South Col route.

After losing his longtime climbing partner ... his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain when he went on a ...

Climbers' harebrained endeavors to make risky first winter ascents of K2 were rife with ego and ... and their standard climbing routes repeated, refined and finally industrialized.

Mountain journalist Yukio Kondo, who is a friend of the two climbers, said, “Hiraide considered this climb his biggest challenge.” Kondo added that K2’s route is steep and avalanche prone ...

At 18:18 local time Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from Austria reached the summit of K2. In doing so she has become ... only 20 climbers have ascended this route to the summit. To reach the top of the second ...

We spoke with climber Nims Purja about climbing K2 ... excited for Cho Oyu because that’s the last mountain and I would like to open the route from the Nepal side," Purja told Men's Journal.