Why do people risk their lives to summit the world's deadliest mountains?
Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.
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Two Japanese missing on K2 in Pakistan; rescue being mounted
Two Japanese climbers have gone missing while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second-highest ... slipped and fell on the 8,611-meter-high mountain in Pakistan on July 27.
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Fearless climber’s latest goal: Scaling K2 by a new route
Talking about 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 reconnaissance tour with Nakajima in ...
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THE SUMMIT: The story of the deadliest day on the world's most dangerous mountain
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 ...
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What it's like in the death zone of Everest, K2, and other mountains
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 ...