Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of K2, taken in 2014.Alan Arnette On July 27, more than 150 people tried to summit K2 as a man lay dying in their path.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For avid mountaineers around the world, K2 represents the true peak of climbing challenges. The world's second-tallest mountain ...

An investigation has been launched into the death of a Pakistani porter near the peak of the world's most treacherous mountain, a Pakistani mountaineer said Saturday, following allegations that dozens ...

A Norwegian climber defended her decision to continue a record-breaking series of climbs last month after encountering an injured porter who later died during her ascent of K2, the second-highest ...