Mr Smith told MailOnline: 'Everest is 250m taller than K2, the world’s second highest peak, but K2 and the other peaks are ...

Though a couple of vertical football fields lower than Everest, K2 is far more difficult. Its slopes are relentlessly steep, fraught with technical cruxes and bombarded regularly by falling rock ...

Anything over that, you really risk heading to a memorial at the bottom of the mountain. That's why on K2, I was worried about our team. Our team's summit was 16 hours. You know, when I'm looking ...

Everest. Following is a transcript of the video. So when comparing Everest versus K2, they are very, very different. First, you have two different countries. You have Nepal versus Pakistan so I'd ...

At 8,611 meters, K2 is second in height to Mount Everest but is known as the more difficult to climb. For this reason, it is dubbed the "devil’s mountain" or ruthless mountain. Many climbers ...

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, an Austrian-born mountaineer, became the first woman to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks without the help of oxygen or porters.

Located on the Pakistan-China border within the formidable Karakoram range, K2 is infamous for its treacherous terrain and severe weather conditions. Unlike Everest, K2 has no commercial climbing ...

This article uncovers the highest mountains in Asia and their breathtaking altitudes, with the Himalayas' peaks dominating ...

It's not exactly alpine style up a new route, but Vassiliy Pivtso, 49, and his small team will try to make their Makalu climb ...

they’re heading in the right direction. Climber Adrian Ballinger, who recently became the fourth American to climb Everest and K2 without supplemental oxygen, has been traveling to Nepal since ...

These peaks represent secondary summits – not actual summits. True 8,000-meter peaks including Mount Everest, Annapurna, K2, Nanga Parbat, and Shisha Pangma also include secondary summits ...