He was one of 11 climbers who died in one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history when an ice fall swept away fixed ropes on the peak in Pakistan. K2, known as the Savage Mountain ...

Two elite, famed mountaineers have died on K2. The Japanese Embassy in Islamabad reported that Kazuya Hiraide, 45, and Kenro Nakajima, 39, fell from approximately 24,500 ft. on the second highest ...

K2 represents adventure but also provokes a sense of foreboding. In August 2008, 11 experienced climbers tragically died on K2 after a series of deadly icefalls on an infamously treacherous patch ...

22 concluded that two representatives of the company died after slipping ... According to the company, the two were climbing an unexplored route on the west face of K2, an 8,611-meter-high peak ...

In one of the deadliest mountaineering events ever, 11 climbers died in a single day trying to scale K2 in 2008. Haideri said Sadpara’s son, Sajid, had returned to the base camp safely after his ...

Two elite Japanese mountain climbers fell from Pakistan's K2, officials said Sunday following ... season three other Japanese climbers have died in Pakistan -- all on the 7,027-metre Spantik ...