High in the Himalayas

Watershed News is tracking the progress of 24-year-old Nicholas Rice of Hermosa Beach as he attempts to solo Manaslu, the eighth highest peak in the world, in the Himalayas. Rice was climbing K2 nine months ago when 11 people died in "one of the deadliest episodes in recent mountaineering history."

(Photo 'borrowed' from Watershed News)

Stairway to heaven

More sport and death in the mountains over at Watershed News. The post includes video of climbers on K2 taken four years ago that shows some of the difficulties that led to the death of 11 people earlier this month.

Another dispatch from K2

Mountaineer Nicholas Rice of Hermosa Beach talked to the Los Angeles Times about his decision to delay a summit attempt of K2 just hours before an avalanche killed 11 climbers.

The story follows earlier reports by former Sun/PE reporter Guy McCarthy.

More from the mountain

Photos, interviews and sundry updates on the K2 avalanche over at Guy McCarthy's Watershed News blog.