K2 has often flashed its savage side. One of the most famous disasters came in the summer of 1995. We examine the 1995 K2 ...

Alison Hargreaves would have turned 63. She had already become one of the best climbers of her generation when she died at ...

Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.

“I want people to climb their own mountains in their ... But backing up… you said you had a near-death experience? On [K2], my team had left me the day before we were supposed to go to base ...

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela introduces Extreme: Peak Danger. A mountain of trouble. In August 2008, around 30 climbers took on ...

Like many climbers, she called the rush of ... and the always-present spectre of cheating death. "If you are going to take on K2, you got to be at the top of your game. That is why it is known ...

Fresh from the Himalayas, Brit Kenton Cool stands in his garage in the British Cotswolds stowing away climbing gear: a bright ...

Fresh from the Himalayas, Brit Kenton Cool stands in his garage in the British Cotswolds stowing away climbing gear: a bright ...

At 8,611 meters, K2 is second in height to Mount Everest ... and just being there brings you close to death,” he said. Climbing an unexplored route, he added, “requires high-level judgement ...