Gasherbrum II with wind clouds over its pyramidal summit. As Gasherbrum II summiters return to Base Camp, they are sharing some details of their difficult climb — long hours in fog, high winds, and ...

Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards have now reached Base Camp after an arduous descent during which they were hit by an avalanche. This historic first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II (8035m, ...

After yesterday's historic first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II (8035m, Karakorum, Pakistan), Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards have now descended from Camp 3 to Camp 1. They're in Camp 1.

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GII Winter Expedition | Dispatch # 3 | The Cold welcome from GII from story.teller on Vimeo. Alpinists Cory Richards, Simone Moro and Denis Urubko have completed the first winter ascent of Pakistan's ...

The "Lyon Premier 8000-Gasherbrum II 8035m" expedition, organized and led by Jean-Pierre Frésafond in 1975, was sponsored by the Lyon section of the Club Alpin Français and by Louis Pradel, Mayor of ...

Right now, two separate teams of climbers from six different countries are slowly fighting their way up the flanks of K2 (28,251 feet/8,611 meters), the second highest mountain in the world.

Romanian climber Alex Gavan on July 18 ascended Gasherbrum 2, elevation 8,035 meters, of Mount Karakorum, Pakistan, without using additional oxygen or Sherpas, according to a press statement released ...

GILGIT: Thirteen climbers from multiple countries, including two Pakistanis, scaled Gasherbrum-I (8,080 m) — the eleventh-highest peak in the world — on Sunday. Summit Karakoram’s Sakhawat Hussain ...

Gasherbrum II had its first summits of an unstable weather season today. According to Seven Summit Treks, its Sherpa rope fixers led the way. Six clients came after them: Alina Pekova of Russia, ...