Apart from the higher elevation, severe winter weather, thunderstorms, high winds, freezing temperatures, and rocky terrain make this already difficult climb all the more treacherous. Remember how ...

Vanessa O'Brien, the fastest woman to climb the highest peak on every continent and the first American and British woman to climb the second-highest mountain in the world, explains why K2 is a ...

Just because Mt. Everest is the world's tallest peak, that doesn't mean it's the most difficult to climb, according to three professional mountaineers. In fact, one expert even described Everest ...

As the climbers later told the Italian Alpine Club (CAI), it was the most difficult climb of their lives. The expedition was part of the CAI Eagle Project, which puts together seasoned climbers ...