Tag: K2

- Sirbaz Khan has climbed 13 out of world’s 14 mountains higher than 8,000 meters- Khan, 36, aims to scale Shishapangma soon to become first Pakistani to conquer all 14 peaks- He became the first Pakistani to climb the treacherous Nanga Parbat in 2017KARACHI, PakistanSome 20 years ago, when ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An investigation has been launched into the death of a Pakistani porter near the peak of the world’s most treacherous mountain, a Pakistani mountaineer said Saturday, following allegations that dozens of climbers eager to reach the summit had walked past the man after he was gravely ...

Islamabad, Pakistan   —  An investigation has been launched into the death of a Pakistani porter near the peak of the world's most treacherous mountain, a Pakistani mountaineer said Saturday. The investigation was prompted by allegations that dozens of climbers eager to reach the summit walked past the porter after ...

A mountaineer has denied allegations that she climbed over and failed to assist a dying Sherpa during her record-breaking climb up the Himalayan mountain K2 on the Pakistan-China border.Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila embarked on a climb up the world’s second highest mountain, K2 — the last peak she needed ...

KARACHI, PakistanA Norwegian woman and her Nepali Sherpa guide climbed K2, the world's second tallest mountain, in Pakistan on Thursday, becoming the world's fastest climber to summit all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters (26,246 feet) in just 92 days.This was their 14th highest peak in just over three months, ...

ISLAMABAD: An Australian climber has died while trying to scale K2, the world's second-highest mountain, after he fell during his descent, Australian and Pakistani officials said Thursday. Pakistani officials said a Canadian mountaineer, who was scaling K2 with the Australian, was missing and a search was underway. On Thursday, ...

KARACHI, Pakistan Four women climbers hailing from several different countries on Friday reached the top of the world's second-tallest mountain, K2.The mountaineers include Samina Baig, Nelly Attar, and Afsaneh Hesamifard, who became the first Pakistani, Arab, and Iranian women, respectively, to climb the 8,611-meter (28,251-foot) peak, according to Karrar ...

"Whichever style you decide to climb, winter expeditions on 8,000m peaks are anything but a walk in the park and no one without exception has collected easy and abundant successes in this type of vertical adventure," Simone Moro wrote on Instagram.  With more than 20 winter expeditions under his ...

LAHORE, PAKISTAN —  Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif faced many dangers climbing the planet's tallest peaks, but his toughest moment came when he passed the corpse of his hero on the savage slopes of K2. Kashif was 19 years and 138 days old when in July he became the youngest ...

KARACHI, PakistanAdding another feather to his cap, Shehroze Kashif, 19, scaled K2 on Tuesday, making him the youngest-ever Pakistani to climb the world's second-tallest peak.According to his family, and the Alpine Club of Pakistan, the country's state-run mountaineering organization, Kashif "successfully" climbed the 8,611-meter (28,251-foot) peak on Tuesday morning ...