Robinson said his migrant pal smoked about $30 worth of the synthetic drug every day and lost it when he drank.

A Japanese equipment supplier on Aug. 22 concluded that two representatives of the company died after slipping and falling for more than a kilometer on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain.

Acute mountain sickness, with symptoms of dizziness, vomiting and headaches, has also caused deaths. While the risks are clear, Alan Arnette, a professional mountaineer who counts Everest and K2 ...

there had been a reported 367 successful climbs of K2 and 86 deaths, which equates to roughly one death in every four. But this harrowing statistic includes all seasons, with or without oxygen.

He also testified that he’d seen deaths caused by K2 toxicity alone. Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator with a history of mental illness and drug abuse, had the synthetic marijuana in ...

The death zone is, you know ... you really risk heading to a memorial at the bottom of the mountain. That's why on K2, I was worried about our team. Our team's summit was 16 hours.

The illegal Guatemalan migrant charged with torching a sleeping straphanger to death on a Brooklyn subway train was a heavy drinker who chain-smoked K2, pals at the homeless shelter where he was ...