ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The last survivor of the deadliest mountaineering disaster ever to hit the world’s second-highest peak was rescued by helicopter today, nearly five days after the tragedy, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the past decade, the mountain-climbing documentary has become a genre unto itself. Spectacular movies like “Free Solo,” “The ...

Everyone in the mountain climbing community is intensely aware of the ominous danger of the mountain known as K2. Located in Pakistan, K2 is the second highest mountain in the world just after Mount ...

In June of 2008, an international team of mountaineers, friends who have climbed together in the past, set off an a journey to summit K2.

On Aug. 1 and 2, 2008, 11 climbers died on K2, the towering Himalayan peak that is the ultimate challenge for mountaineers outside of Mount Everest.