Achille Compagnoni
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Achille Compagnoni was an Italian mountaineer and skier. Together with Lino Lacedelli on 31 July 1954 he was in the first party to reach the summit of K2.
Compagnoni at the world premiere of Italia K2 on 25 March 1955
Compagnoni on the summit of K2 on 31 July 1954
Walter Bonatti
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Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer, alpinist, explorer and journalist. He was noted for many climbing achievements, including a solo climb of a new alpine climbing route on the south-west pilla
Achille Compagnoni
…controversy. Compagnoni alleged that Walter Bonatti had used some of the oxygen supply intended for the summit, causing it to run out on summit day. Walter Bonatti disputed this, and was cleared in the Italian courts in 1964. Bonatti and a Hunza climber, Amir Mehdi, climbed up to deliver oxygen to Compagnoni and…
Walter Bonatti in 1964
North Face of the Grandes Jorasses. The Walker Spur, climbed by Bonatti in 1949, is number 9.
Grand Capucin
Position of Camp IX and of the unplanned Bonatti-Mehdi open bivouac