Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the past decade, the mountain-climbing documentary has become a genre unto itself. Spectacular movies like “Free Solo,” “The ...

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 ...

The film Chasing Shadows tells the compelling journey of Benjamin Védrines on K2. After an initial attempt where tragedy was narrowly avoided, Védrines is more determined than ever to achieve an ...

On Aug. 1 and 2, 2008, 11 climbers died on K2, the towering Himalayan peak that is the ultimate challenge for mountaineers outside of Mount Everest.