As arctic cold blasts across the Midwest, many Americans are getting a little taste of what it feels like to be at the foot of the mountain known as K2 where -15 degrees is as warm as it will ever get ...
Surveying the world’s highest peaks is a daunting task. One international survey team set out to measure the Himalaya’s K2 peak, the second highest in the world after Mount Everest. In 2004, 50 years ...