SKARDU - French mountaineer Benjamin Vedrines counted every second as he made history's fastest-ever ascent of K2 ... Pakistan's Broad Peak -- the world's 12th highest mountain -- before ...

He was one of 11 climbers who died in one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history when an ice fall swept away fixed ropes on the peak in Pakistan. K2, known as the Savage Mountain ...

a Karachi-based tour operator from Skardu who has known Sadpara since 2012, has similar memories. Left out to freeze on K2 K2 climber aborts solo winter ascent Irish climbers conquer peak within ...

Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain in the world, but K2 is the “most feared and respected ... from Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, to Skardu, a “dusty town of bazaars, stores ...

The construction of a dirt track connecting Skardu, the town we flew into ... 8,000m and more than 100 surpassing 7,000m. K2, the second-tallest mountain on Earth, is the poster child of the ...

Avoiding the crowds and commercialisation of Everest, Kate Eshelby navigates the rugged terrain of northern Pakistan for a ...

The construction of a dirt track connecting Skardu, the town we flew into ... and more than 100 surpassing 7,000 metres. K2, the second-tallest mountain on Earth, is the poster child of the ...