"It’s a savage mountain that tries to kill you," American alpinist George Bell said of 8,611m K2. Bell was speaking in 1953, after he and his climbing partners nearly died while attempting the first ...

Italian Marco Confortola was stranded on the world’s second highest peak after an ice fall nearly four days ago.After a painful descent on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mountaineering ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The last survivor of the deadliest mountaineering disaster ever to hit the world’s second-highest peak was rescued by helicopter today, nearly five days after the tragedy, a ...

At least nine climbers are believed dead and five others were missing on K2, the world's second-highest peak. The jagged, 28,250-foot mountain, which lies in the Himalayan range in northern Pakistan, ...

Survivors of mountain disaster recall bad luck, bad planning and panic. Aug. 5, 2008— -- Marco Confortola was the toughest man on the mountain. The Italian mountaineer survived an avalanche, ...

About halfway through the mega-budget mountain-climbing adventure Vertical Limit, even the most rugged, thrill-hungry disaster-movie fans may find themselves going numb. Not from the howling weather ...

K2 has often flashed its savage side. One of the most famous disasters happened in the summer of 1995, between August 13 and 15. We examine the tragedy in a two-part series. You can check out Part 1 ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a painful descent on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mounteering disaster that killed 11 climbers on K2 reached base camp Tuesday as cloud and snow prevented a ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Having made a painful descent on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of a fatal mountaineering disaster on the world’s second highest peak is recovering in base camp. The Italian ...