Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of Japanese trekkers climbs the rock-covered Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan September 3, 2014 ...

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 ...

The late summer climbing season on K2 has come to a close, marked by tragedy, death, challenging climbing conditions, and a few successful summits. The Karakorum region, home to K2 and other ...

The second highest mountain in the world – just 237 meters shorter than Mt. Everest – has a reputation for being far more hazardous than Everest, and the statistics don’t lie. Historically, for every ...