With the summit of K2 rising above us so close we feel like we could have touched it, Frippe locked into his skis and dropped into the massive 45-degree face that stretches from The Shoulder at 8000m ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of K2, taken in 2014.Alan Arnette On July 27, more than 150 people tried to summit K2 as a man lay dying in their path.

Surveying the world’s highest peaks is a daunting task. One international survey team set out to measure the Himalaya’s K2 peak, the second highest in the world after Mount Everest. In 2004, 50 years ...