Vittorio Sella was a pioneering Italian photographer whose work at the turn of the 20th Century shaped both mountain ...

the Catalan expedition and the first repeat of the magic line on K2, Himalaya. They too were there at Base Camp this year, and they didn't really care about the summit. Or rather, they weren't there ...

His rare images of the Himalayas remain some of the most iconic ... the world's third-highest mountain, and K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, captured over a century ago.

Michael Palin sets off on an epic journey through the rugged terrain of the Himalayas. First, he follows the Khyber Pass up to the mighty K2 mountain. Show more Intrepid adventurer Michael Palin ...

“The Himalayas became a place where I can come into ... Talking about his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain ...

The expedition to K2 in 1909 was for Sella in every sense ... the twin enemies in the Himalaya – but sometimes deplored the way his enthusiasm would take him off on reconnaissance trips that ...

Sella's Himalayan journey began in 1899 when he joined ... both literally and artistically - on a 1909 expedition to K2 with the Duke of the Abruzzi. His photographs of the world's most difficult ...