Search form

You are here

Savage Mountain



Nepalese climbers bag mountaineering’s last great prize: winter ascent of Pakistan’s K2

  • One of the ten Nepalese mountaineers performed the feat without using an oxygen cylinder
  • K2 earned the nickname of ‘savage mountain’ since a large number of climbers lost their lives while trying to scale it
By Nisar Ali ·

Latest updates

Saudi previously sought extradition for Germany attack suspect: source close to government
Pakistan stock market registers second highest single-day gain on ‘easing political noise’
Gaza official says Israel strikes on hospital ‘terrifying’
Retiring US Senator Cardin ‘very concerned’ about Trump and human rights
Some gaps have narrowed in elusive Gaza ceasefire deal, sides say

Recommended

Middle-East
2024 Year in Review: Can Lebanon recover from the depredations of Israel-Hezbollah war?
Middle-East
What Israel’s capture of Syrian territory as Assad fell signifies for the Middle East
Middle-East
How Damascus residents reclaimed their city after Bashar Assad’s chaotic downfall

Search form

Print Edition
Read pdf version Subscribe now
© 2024 SAUDI RESEARCH & PUBLISHING COMPANY, All Rights Reserved And subject to Terms of Use Agreement.