K2 was first surveyed in 1856 by Colonel T.G. Montgomerie, who named it as the second peak (K2) in the Karakoram range. The mountain's name, Mount Godwin-Austen, honors Henry Godwin-Austen, an early ...
A horrified woman set off on an emotional trek to the world’s second highest peak to bury her loved ones after seeing their remains in a promotional video two years after they were killed in an ...
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — K2′s “savage” peak beckons the daring, but rare is the climber who answers the call in winter. Dwarfed only by Mt. Everest, K2 is the world’s second-highest peak at 28,251 feet, ...
A group of Japanese trekkers climbs the rock-covered Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan September 3, 2014. Geographically, Pakistan is a climbers paradise. It rivals Nepal for ...
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