Adriana Brownlee, 23, reached the 8,027m summit of Shishapangma in Tibe at around 8am on October 9 to become the youngest ...

Determining the tallest or largest mountain can vary widely based on criteria such as height above sea level, distance from ...

The mission aimed to tackle environmental challenges in Pakistan's northern regions, particularly on K2 and the Karakoram mountain range. The expedition lasted 50 days, during which the team endured ...

The feat involved a weeks-long expedition into the Karakoram—the notoriously rugged range that borders the Himalaya and contains K2, the world’s second-highest peak—and seven days spent ...

The mountain got its name when Thomas George Montgomerie was working for a Great Trigonometrical Survey of India and saw 2 peaks in Karakoram and named one peak K1 and the other K2. The K2 Mountain is ...

The Government of Gilgit-Baltistan has issued a notification detailing new fees for mountaineering and trekking permits, including a significant hike in the cost of permits for climbing K2.

When you consider that it has three of the world’s great mountain ranges – Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindu Kush – including the second-highest mountain, K2, and five of the 14 “eight ...

ISLAMABAD, Sep 03 (APP): The National Highway Authority (NHA) on Saturday said that the Karakoram Highway was restored for all types of traffic. According to NHA Spokesperson, the Thakot to Kayal ...