Throughout this 40th anniversary year of Australian Geographic we’re looking back at a selection of stories we’ve run over ...

There was only one summit push on K2 this year, very late in the season and in uncertain conditions. The push came after half the climbers in Base Camp called off their attempts. Three small ...

Everest might be the world’s tallest mountain but talk to any mountaineer who has climbed both, and it’ll be K2, the second highest peak on the planet, that makes them go misty-eyed. This staggering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fixing ropes on K2 is a joint effort by all the teams on the mountain. It is also a fight against the elements; the weather has ...