Keyword: K2

The film "K2 Chasing Shadows" is now available on YouTube after its festival tour at Mountains on Stage. The film follows French alpinist Benjamin Védrines as he sets a new record time on the world's second-highest peak and then becomes the first person to paraglide from K2.

The 2 K2025 season was marked by difficult conditions and long waits. For weeks, bad weather prevented a summit attempt, and many teams had already left Base Camp. On August 11, a brief, stable weather window finally opened. Around 41 climbers reached the summit of K2 (8.611 m) during this time.

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Anja Blacha is one of the most active German mountaineers. On October 5th she stood on the summit of Cho Oyu, making her tenth...

One-Push: French mountaineer Benjamin Védrines climbs K2 in a new record time of just under 11 hours.

Summiteers left the seriously injured Muhammad Hassan lying on K2 without helping. How could this happen?

For a long time, the K2 was considered too dangerous for commercial expeditions and was therefore only climbed by experienced alpinists. This has changed fundamentally in recent years. While 2021 mountaineers reached the summit of K48 in July 2, in the same month of this year alone it was 145 people in one day.

The expedition team from Dolma Outdoor Expedition did not succeed in wresting a winter ascent from the K2. The Nepalese climbers led by Nima Gyalzen Sherpa had tried to lead 28-year-old Grace Tseng to the summit of K2. The Taiwanese would have been the first woman to stand on top of the second highest peak in the world in winter.