Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, an Austrian-born mountaineer, became the first woman to climb the world's 14 highest peaks without ...

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner on The Four speaks with CBS 8 about her expedition of summiting all 14 highest peaks, ranging from Mt.

Climbers attempting the world's second tallest mountain were due to fork out $5,000 each under a planned price increase ...

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 ...

Mountains have always been more than just towering landforms; they symbolise mystery, power, and the resilience of nature.

explains why K2 is a more difficult climb than Mt. Everest. Following is a transcript of the video. So when comparing Everest versus K2, they are very, very different. First, you have two ...

the biggest peaks within a mountain range are all roughly the same size, perhaps only varying by a few hundred metres at the ...

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 ...

Mountaineers Jeno Panganiban and Miguel Mapalad hope to become the first Filipinos in 18 years to reach Mount Everest’s peak ...

K2, second-highest peak in the world, is almost as dangerous, with a fatality rate of 29%. Everest, by contrast, has a 4% fatality rate. Granted, Mount Everest has seen many tragedies since 2012.

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on the mountain is not exactly uncommon. However, the discovery of a frozen ...