PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Pakistan has issued no warnings or restrictions for mountaineering expeditions in the north, an ...

K2 climber killed by rockfall while descending from world’s second tallest mountain - Guan Jing had reached the summit just a day earlier ...

Rescuers had hoped to find double Olympic gold medallist on 6,096m (20,000-foot) Laila Peak in the Karakoram Mountains.

Rescuers in Pakistan abandoned plans to retrieve the body of twice Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier of Germany to respect her last wish and avoid risking more lives, fellow climber Thomas ...

German two-time Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan.

Before Laila Peak, she summited the Great Trango Tower (6,287m) on July 8, outfitted by Shipton Treks and Tours. Dahlmeier's home team explained that Laila Peak was the expedition's second goal.

Rescue teams on Wednesday continued to search for missing German biathlete and double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier, who was seriously injured in Pakistan after being struck by a rockfall while ...

As we moved up the glacier, Laila’s stunning northwest face slowly came into view, a steep, snow-covered pyramid descending 1,000 meters (4,921 feet) at a pitch-perfect 45-50 degrees before it ...

On 9 June 2016, the 27-year-old Italian alpinist Leonardo Comelli died while attempting the first ski descent of Laila Peak (Karakorum, Pakistan). The other expedition members Carlo Cosi, Zeno Cecon ...

Hundreds of climbers try to scale mountains in northern Pakistan every year. Accidents are common because of avalanches and ...