At least three porters were killed and four others were critically injured after they were struck by an avalanche while ascending the Baltoro glacier, officials said on Wednesday. The injured are ...

We start this morning from Johla and have a 7-hour hike ahead of us to reach the camp at Payu, which lies 3,600 meters (11,800 feet) above sea level—a change in altitude of approximately 400 meters (1 ...

After eight days of wiping sweat off my brows, I finally reached Concordia, a bleak collection of tents in the Karakoram. I was hoping for a life-defining view of K2, the remote, savage, second ...

Pakistan Army Aviation pilots on Sunday rescued two foreign mountaineers from Broad Peak, Baltoro Glacier, ISPR said. “Donald Allen Bowie from United States and Lotta Henriikka Nakyva from Finland ...

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in collaboration with Italian research organisation EV-K2-CNR, has installed another Automatic Weather Station (AWS) near Concordia at Baltoro glacier. The ...

In June this year, I returned to Baltoro/Concordia region of the Karakoram range, home to four of the 14 8,000 metre peaks in the world. On my last trip in 2016, I visited the K2 and Broad Peak Base ...

Experts have been puzzled as to why the Karakoram glaciers appear to be advancing despite global warming, but a glaciologist says the answer lies with debris cover and ice redistribution ISLAMABAD ...

Today is a rest day, so we begin with a late breakfast at 8 a.m. After breakfast, the Mayo clinic team conducts some tests with the young explorers and the team. The main goal of these tests is to ...