Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.

Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean.

Towering 8,611m and reaching into the heavens like a snowcapped pyramid, K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain (topped only by Everest) and arguably the hardest to climb. In Peak Danger ...

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 ...

Nepal increases climbing permit fees by 36 per cent, sparking debate on the impact on tourism and environmental conservation.

Renowned Bangladeshi mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen conquered the treacherous K2 in Pakistan, becoming the first person from Bangladesh to summit the second-tallest mountain in the world.

When he’s not putting himself in danger by scaling the world’s highest ... of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain when ...

A view of K2, world's second tallest mountain from its Base camp in the Karakoram range of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, July 15, 2023. — AFP American broadcaster CNN has featured Gilgit ...