K2

First British-American woman to scale peak says she wants to help country in any way she can

Climate Change secretary says country faces immense challenges

The world’s second highest mountain, unlike other 8,000 metre peaks, has never been scaled in winter

Says K2 provided steepest challenges

Vanessa O'Brien, 52, is the first American woman to climb the treacherous mountain

American woman, Icelander make first ascents; four Pakistanis summit Broad Peak

We looked down the ridge, we looked in the valleys, we looked everywhere, we triple checked, says search team leader

O’Brien keen to become first American and British woman to successfully climb and descend the savage mountain

Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush all converge in Gilgit

Pakistan has long been a draw for foreign climbers lured by some of the most spectacular mountains on Earth