Tag: k2
Italian climber evacuated from K2
GILGIT: A Pakistani rescue helicopter evacuated an Italian climber on Wednesday -- four days after he survived a deadly ice avalanche on K2, the world's...
Pakistan Army rescues two Spanish mountaineers from K2 base
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army on Tuesday rescued two Spanish mountaineers from K2 base under extreme harsh weather conditions.
Rescued mountaineers, Jon Barredo and Eva Robles,...
Two foreign expeditions to climb K2 for first time in winters
ISLAMABAD: Two foreign expeditions have set out to climb K2 - the only peak above 8,000m that has not been scaled in the winter...
IMAGES: Deadliest mountains in the world
Here are the five deadliest mountains in the world:
1) Annapurna I
Located in Nepal, the tenth-highest mountain in the world, Annapurna I has the highest...
Polish daredevil skies down K2 in world’s first
Daredevil Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person to ski down the world's second-highest mountain, the Polish national said Sunday.
Bargiel whizzed down from the...
31-member team summit K2 in a first this summer
GILGIT: The world's second highest and most dangerous peak, The k2, has been ascended by a 31-member team of mountain climbers after a two-month struggle.
Team...
Canadian mountaineer falls to death on Pakistan’s K2
A Canadian national who was attempting to climb K2 mountain has died after falling from the cliff, officials said on Saturday.
The 53-year-old was between...
Polish Ice Warriors speak of their defeat by Pakistan’s Savage Mountain
ISLAMABAD: Pummelled by weeks of hurricane-force blizzards and sub-zero temperatures, not to mention high-altitude disputes, the elite climbers known as 'Poland’s Ice Warriors' gave...
Polish mountaineers call off winter K2 summit bid
ISLAMABAD: A team of Polish mountaineers attempting the first winter summit of K2, the world’s second highest peak, have called off their bid citing...
Maverick climber calls off ‘suicidal’ solo bid to summit K2
ISLAMABAD: Russian-Polish climber Denis Urubko has called off his attempt to summit K2 alone during winter, a post on his former teammates’ a Facebook page...
Mountaineer makes solo attempt to summit K2
ISLAMABAD: A Russian-Polish mountaineer has launched the first solo attempt to summit Pakistan's K2, the world's second-highest park, during winter, in what fellow climbers...
Polish group aims for history by winter scaling of K2 in...
ISLAMABAD: A group of Polish mountaineers set off for northern Pakistan on Sunday to start an attempt to be the first to scale K2, the...