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

above all when climbing a mountain such as K2. In the mountains, and on this mountain in particular, climbers must be aware of and respect the difficulties and dangers and, at times, know how to ...

Alyona Kuznetsova hadn’t even known her husband planned to climb K2, thinking he was only scouting the mountain. Kuznetsov ...

Kailash Parvat, reaching a height of 6,638 meters in the secluded area of Tibet, is far more than merely a mountain. To millions worldwide, it represents the most sacred summit, honored by Hindus, ...

"Climbing the Middle Teton has been a goal of mine for years now and I finally accomplished it! "After years of hiking and ...

The world’s second-highest mountain looms even higher above ... SST brought the first large-scale commercial climbing operation to K2 in the summer of 2018. Following the pandemic shutdown ...

At 8,611 meters, K2 is second in height to Mount Everest but is known as the more difficult to climb. For this reason, it is dubbed the "devil’s mountain" or ruthless mountain. Many climbers ...

The captain of another climbing team on K2 checked the situation from a helicopter and reported that the two Japanese “were connected by a rope about 6,300 meters up the mountain.” ...

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

Towering 8,611m and reaching into the heavens like a snowcapped pyramid, K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain (topped only by Everest) and arguably the hardest to climb. In Peak Danger ...

The world’s second-highest mountain looms even higher above ... SST brought the first large-scale commercial climbing operation to K2 in the summer of 2018. Following the pandemic shutdown ...