After losing his longtime climbing partner in an accident in Hokkaido in 2015, Hiraide is now plotting to conquer K2 ... carried a copy of a map inscribed with peaks and routes that had been ...

"It's an extraordinarily rough landscape," Gavan told the BBC in his Bucharest home, surrounded by books and climbing gear. So unforgiving are the conditions on K2, part of the Karakoram Range ...