K2 (8,611 meters/28,251 feet), or "Chogori," is the world's second highest mountain, after Everest (8,048 meters). Unlike Everest and the eight other highest mountains on Earth, K2 is not located in ...

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Throughout history, high-altitude climbing was the realm of Sherpa legends, alpinists, and mountaineers. But a recent trend has brought a new group of extreme adventure seekers to the world's most ...

Naperville’s Lucy Westlake is on a mission to break another mountain climbing record this summer — and maybe change the world as well. The 19-year-old said in an email this week that she plans to ...

Until now, we knew very little about the strategy the Polish skier used to ski down Everest without bottled oxygen. Here's ...

Majestic mountains, particularly the \"eight-thousanders\" of the Himalaya and Karakoram, symbolize nature's might and human ...

Eleven people are feared dead on K2, the world's second-highest mountain. Two Dutch climbers have been rescued by helicopter, while an Italian awaits evacuation. Professional mountaineer Ed Viesturs, ...

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Keep your fingers crossed, writes Andrzej Bargiel in a short post on Instagram. No further words are needed, since his expedition's name, Everest Ski Challenge, says it all. The Polish skier is ...