Climbers attempting the world's second tallest mountain were due to fork out $5,000 each under a planned price increase ...

Rescue efforts have been called off for two famed Japanese mountain climbers and ... of 7,000 meters on the 8,611-meter K2 on July 27, the climbing gear store operator said.

A Japanese equipment ... another climbing team on K2 checked the situation from a helicopter and reported that the two Japanese “were connected by a rope about 6,300 meters up the mountain.” ...

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