Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gasherbrum II with wind clouds over its pyramidal summit. As Gasherbrum II summiters return to Base Camp, they are sharing some ...

Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards have now reached Base Camp after an arduous descent during which they were hit by an avalanche. This historic first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II (8035m, ...

Achieving yet another record, the Polish ski mountaineer becomes the first person ever to scale and ski down all the 8,000m peaks in the Karakoram range without the use of oxygen. On July 26, Polish ...

At 11:28 local time Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards reached the summit of Gasherbrum II. This is the first winter ascent of the 13th highest mountain in the world, a historic climb which ...

KATHMANDU: An international mountain guide has successfully climbed the world’s 13th highest mountain in the Karakoram Range last week, becoming the first Nepali climber to make the most ascents of ...

KATHMANDU: Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja, who is on his mission to complete all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres in just seven months, today successfully climbed the world’s 13th highest mountain in the Karakoram ...

DENVER — Coloradan Ryan Kushner is one of only three Americans to summit an 8,000-meter peak in Pakistan this year. And they did it without guides, Sherpa or supplemental oxygen. Team members visiting ...