Aug 3 (Reuters) - At least nine people have died climbing K-2, the world's second highest mountain. Most of the deaths resulted from an ice fall close to the summit of the 8,611 metre (28,250 foot) ...

Lenin Peak, a towering giant in the Pamirs, has attracted climbers for decades. We examine its first ascents (one from the south and one from the north) as well as two expeditions that ended in ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Just when Nepal’s climbing industry was recovering from last year’s deadly avalanche on Mount Everest, another avalanche triggered by last month’s earthquake killed 19 people, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The bodies of five South Korean climbers killed in a fierce storm last week on a mountain in Nepal were set to head home Tuesday amid calls to improve weather warning systems ...

Jake Gyllenhaal’s harrowing mountaineering drama Everest is leaving Netflix on August 1, so if you haven’t taken the climb yet, now’s the time. The 2015 film from director Baltasar Kormákur tells the ...