We will examine the 1995 K2 disaster in a two-part series, with part two coming tomorrow. K2 saw its first ascent in July 1954. But the first fatality came much earlier, on July 30, 1939 (Dudley ...

Climbers' harebrained endeavors to make risky first winter ascents of K2 were rife with ego and tragedy, as well as intrigue and triumph. It's New Year's Eve, 2020, at K2 base camp, a tent ...

No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley has now been published in Italy by Mondadori. The book retraces the 2008 tragedy on K2 which cost the lives of 11 alpinists and only Italian ...

In August 2008 11 people lost their lives on one of the worlds tallest mountains the largest loss of life in the history of K2 mountaineering ...

The film 'Edge of Reason' that documents the record breaking ascent of Broad Peak carried out by Benjamin Védrines in 7 hours ...

In fact, the life that could be – emphasis on the could be – thriving on a distant ocean-covered planet named K2-18b is likely not intelligent at all. But that doesn't make the recent ...

K2-18b resides within the habitable zone of its star, making the presence of liquid water and thus life possible. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected molecules in K2-18b's ...