Among the dead was a sherpa who had gone up K2 ... iReport.com: Are you a mountain climber? Ever attempt K2? Two climbers decided to go on and managed to return to base camp, but the rest ...

The captain of another climbing team on K2 checked the situation from a helicopter ... “I am not able to confirm whether they are alive or dead,” the captain was quoted as saying.

Mountaineers have been paying tribute to two experienced climbers who are missing on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. Kazuya Hiraide, 45, and Kenro Nakajima, 39, are two of Japan’s ...

This marks a tragic end to an incredibly ambitious goal by the fallen climbers. The video below shows the experienced mountaineers prior to their tragic K2 West Face Expedition - Explorersweb.

On Thursday, the search was officially called off - and all three climbers declared dead. "K2 has embosomed my father forever," Sajid told reporters at a press conference, according to a report by ...

K2, which is near the Pakistan-China border ... The site of the accident, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) up the mountain, is what climbers call the "Dead Zone," because the body would never recover ...

So far, Pakistan authorities have registered 175 permits to climb K2, Dawn reported, and the number may increase. Still, it’s ...

It follows allegations that dozens of climbers eager to reach the summit had walked past the man after he was gravely injured in a fall. The accusations surrounding events on July 27 on K2 ...

"Climbing with oxygen is cheating - 8,000m ... Italian woman in history to do so without oxygen. But scaling K2 in the dead of winter when temperatures can fall to below minus 50C will present ...

The K2 was referred to as The Savage Mountain since 1953, when American climber and physicist George Bell, who would have nearly perished in a six-men fall on the mountain.

A Pakistani mountain climber who helped retrieve a dead body in a daring rescue mission ... from the extreme altitude of 8,200 metres on K2 in a mission the Alpine Club described as the first ...

The rescue team took the dead climber to the mountain hut where a helicopter could pick up the body. The four injured climbers were taken to a hospital in Aosta. This is the latest in a string of ...