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

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

Two Japanese climbers have gone missing while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second ... and fell on the 8,611-meter-high mountain in Pakistan on July 27. It is not known if they survived.

Prime Minister's Youth Programme (PMYP) in an exciting initiative to spotlight the achievements and stories of young ...

The 41-year-old intends to ascend the 8,611-meter peak on the border between Pakistan ... K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain when he ...

From bubblegum-coloured lakes in Australia to a solar-powered safari camp in Botswana, BBC journalists provide a list of top destinations which tourists should explore in 2025. Travel has the power to ...

That carefree motto–“I thought I would give it a shot”–has served Hyman well in his 21 years of life. His knack for adventure ...

That includes K2, the world’s second-tallest mountain but No. 1 in terms of ... according to the Alpine Club of Pakistan, which arranges various expeditions. Of these climbers, five were from ...

Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean.

The list of globally recognised eight-thousanders in Nepal includes Everest (8,848.86 metres), Kanchenjunga (8,586 metres), ...

It comes as something of a surprise that the history of a pursuit that seems to uniquely combine risk and vanity should be so ...