Two years ago, we reported that royalty fees to climb K2 had increased for the first time in 20 years. At the time, it was good news. However, the whopping new increase announced for 2025 may have ...

Chasing Shadows,’ French alpinist Benjamin Vedrines shares his emotions high on the flanks of the world’s second-tallest peak ...

Given a possible weather delay, the climbers currently heading for the summit of K2 could reach it during the third week of August. That would become the mountain's first August summits since 2011, ...

French mountaineer Benjamin Vedrines counted every second as he made history's fastest-ever ascent of K2, but says he doesn't add up the growing number of records to his name. "It's not the records ...

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Female mountain climbers face more obstacles than men when climbing the Himalayan mountain K2, but they choose to do so anyway for the thrill it provides, according to Jennifer Jordan, a journalist ...

Two years after climbing Broad Peak in a record time of 7 hours and 19 minutes, yesterday French ace Benjamin Védrines surpassed himself once again, this time by climbing K2 in an astounding eleven ...

Growing up, Aidan Hyman wasn’t really into athletics. Then a cute guy came along. He was captain of the high school cross country team; and naturally, Hyman wanted to join. There was only one problem: ...