By January 2005, all the world’s tallest mountains – the 14 peaks that stretch above 8,000 meters – had been summited in wintertime, the most dangerous time of year for climbing. All except for one, ...

A Russian-Polish mountaineer has launched the first solo attempt to summit Pakistans K2 -- the worlds second-highest park -- during winter, in what fellow climbers described as a reckless decision.

Serge Hardy didn't call off his attempt on K2 as earlier news from the mountain suggested. He turned to supplementary oxygen from the Bottleneck onward and summited on August 12, one day after the ...

The Last First: Winter K2 offers stunning cinematography as it dives into the politics and murky ethics of mountaineering ...

Everyone in the mountain climbing community is intensely aware of the ominous danger of the mountain known as K2. Located in Pakistan, K2 is the second highest mountain in the world just after Mount ...

GILGIT: The documentary film The Last First: Winter K2, which chronicles the tragic fate of legendary climbers Moham­mad Ali ...

But on K2, they failed. In the intervening three decades, another five expeditions made attempts on the mountain, including a dramatic effort led by Wielicki in 2018. Yet not a single team even ...

Becoming the first person to summit K2 in winter, thus, loomed as the last great unachieved feat in mountaineering – “the last first,” as it were. In 2020, Icelander John Snorri set out on that ...