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How one climber's false summit claim helped turn K2 into a graveyard
High-altitude mountaineering is unforgiving in ways that don't leave room for ambiguity, ego, or misinformation. A new video ...
Yesterday, we wrote that the alpinists on K2 are enjoying a little solitude before the arrival of commercial expeditions. The solitude will not last much longer. According to Pakistan’s newspapers, ...
Given a possible weather delay, the climbers currently heading for the summit of K2 could reach it during the third week of August. That would become the mountain's first August summits since 2011, ...
Two elite, famed mountaineers have died on K2. The Japanese Embassy in Islamabad reported that Kazuya Hiraide, 45, and Kenro Nakajima, 39, fell from approximately 24,500 ft. on the second highest ...
Mt. Everest is the world's tallest peak. But some mountaineers, like Garrett Madison, say it isn't the hardest to climb. Hundreds of people summit Mt. Everest each year, and you don't need to be an ...
Garrett Madison, the founder and lead guide of Madison Mountaineering, just gave an update on the K2 climbing team. The climbers are making steady progress on their summit push on the second highest ...
Pakistani women are hiking some of the world's tallest mountains and glacier trails, claiming a space that has long been out ...
A lifestyle full of suffering isn’t something most people seek, but it is now a weekly regimen for University senior Bob Pool, who is hoping to become the youngest person to ever reach the summit of ...
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