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	National Geographic Adventure Mag.: 50th Anniversary of K2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On that July morning, the Italian team's climbing leader, 40-year-old Achille Compagnoni, and his partner, 29-year-old Lino Lacedelli, had ascended the mountain to establish Camp IX, an advance post for the final K2 summit push.
		Though Walter Bonatti, at 24, was the youngest member of the expedition, he had already forged a sterling climbing reputation by pioneering some of the most daring routes in the Alps.
		Compagnoni, now 90, and Lacedelli, now 79, who reached the top of K2 at 6 p.m.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /adventure/0409/excerpt6.html (1775 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Recalling epic K2 first ascent
		Fifty years ago on 31 July, two Italian climbers, Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni, braved wind, rain and storm to climb the second highest - and arguably most dangerous - mountain in the world.
		The difficulties of breathing at such a high altitude and the fact that the weather was closing in made it a tough struggle for the exhausted pair.
		For Mr Compagnoni, there was an additional source of pride at the 50th anniversary.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3937137.stm (622 words)

	Everest - Mount Everest by climbers, news
		It was claimed that Bonatti had tried to beat Lacedelli and Compagnoni to the summit, that he used oxygen during his bivouac that caused the summiter’s supply to run out early, and that Bonatti had deserted Mahdi and so was responsible for his frostbite and subsequent amputations.
		According to Compagnoni and Lacedelli, after connecting their masks to the oxygen bottles, they were ready to leave by about 6:15 AM, even though Bonatti could still see the bivouac site as he descended and claims to have seen nothing.
		Compagnoni and Lacedelli’s epic ascent of the crux of the route — the serac-threatened Bottleneck and the horribly exposed and icy Traverse to the summit slopes — is a classic of mountaineering literature.
	www.mounteverest.net /news.php?id=10100 (1960 words)

	K2 Expedition Pakistan
		K2 is taken from the first letter of Karakorum, and the number indicates that it was the second peak in the range to be measured.
		K2 was firstly climbed on July,31 1954 by Italian climbers team lead by Ardito Desio and accompanying him were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni.
		With respect to the commentary on the 1954 Italian expedition that was the first to summit K2, it has since been proven that Compagnoni and Lacedelli did indeed have oxygen until they reached the summit of K2.
	www.monterosa-nepal.com /8000m/k2.htm (761 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Pakistan marks 50th anniversary of conquest of K2
		And yesterday, an Italian reached the top, marking the 50th anniversary of the first successful climb, done by his grandfather.
		Italians Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni scaled K2, at 28,250 feet the world's second-highest mountain, on July 31, 1954.
		Compagnoni's grandson, Michele, reached the summit yesterday along with eight other climbers.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001989189_mount27.html (370 words)

	THE CLIMBING HISTORY OF K2 - WALTER BONATTI
		They called out to Lacedelli and Compagnoni since they could not find the camp, but the latter did not direct them to the camp, neither did they come down to help, instead they shouted from their tent, urging the two carriers to leave the oxygen bottles and return to camp 8.
		After returning to Italy, the expedition in general and Lacedelli and Compagnoni in particular, were looked upon as heroes, but for some reason Bonattis effort to bring up the oxygen bottles and his remarkable bivouac were barely mentioned at all.
		It was established that Bonatti could not have used the oxygen during his bivouac since he and Mahdi did not have oxygen masks in their possession (the masks were in camp 9 with Lacedelli and Compagnoni).
	www.jerberyd.com /climbing/stories/k2_bonatti (1026 words)

	Himalayan Travel Trade Journal:Anniversary
		It was on July 31, 1954 that two Italians - Achille Compagnoni and Lino Laccedelli - had first scaled the 8,611-m peak on the Pakistani-Chinese border in the Karakoram Range.
		After a number of failed attempts by mainly Americans and Italians, it was in 1954 that an Italian expedition, under the leadership of Professor Ardito Desio, got to the summit.
		Two Italians of this expedition - Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli - became the first to scale the summit from where they witnessed a “dream-like world”.
	www.httj.com.np /august/anniversary.htm (1222 words)

	Around the World \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		On July 31, 1954, Italians Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli were the first to scale the 28,251-foot peak in the remote Karakoram Range between Pakistan and China.
		Among them was Michele Compagnoni, following in the footsteps of his Uncle Achille.
		K-2 is not quite as high as Mount Everest (29,035 feet), but it's been about three times as dangerous to conquer.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/31626 (585 words)

	K2 climb News - K2 and Karakorum by climbers, news
		After several failed attempts, beginning in 1902, K2 was finally summited in 1954 by the Italians, Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni.
		The final ascent was made by Lacedelli and Compagnoni and completed without oxygen...or so goes the official story.
		The two men left behind at camp VIII were Walter Bonatti, then 24 years old, and the Hunza porter Mahdi, charged with the task of carrying the oxygen.
	www.k2climb.net /story/K2fiftyyarsagoMar72004.shtml (513 words)

	Pakistan Travel Web > Adventure Club > Adventure News > K2 ( 1954 — 2004 ) - Happy Anniversary
		July, camp 8 was established and two climbers Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli stayed their.
		It was announced that the final ascent made by Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni was made without using supplemented Oxygen.
		Michele Compagnoni, the grandson of Achille Compagnoni got the feat and paid tribute to his grand father and what a magnificent tribute, it is!
	travel.web.pk /adventureclub/news/news_11.asp (3500 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Pakistan, climbers mark 50 years since K-2 climb
		It was first scaled on July 31, 1954.
		Compagnoni's grandson, Michele, reached the summit along with four other climbers.
		Four other people from a Spanish team — including Edurne Pasaban, the sixth woman ever — also summited Monday, according to Naiknam Karim of Adventure Tours Pakistan.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595080019,00.html (567 words)

	EverestHistory.com: Ardito Desio
		On the 31st of July, Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni started from the bivouac.
		They exhausted their oxygen supply 500 feet short of summit but could not resist the temptation to be the first to climb the mighty K2 peak.
		His greatest achievement was this 1954 expedition to K2, which he organized, that had 2 climbers (Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni) reach the Summit.
	www.everesthistory.com /climbers/desio.htm (350 words)

	YNEWS.info
		The conquest of K2 At 6.00 pm on July 31, 1954, Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni became the first people to reach the summit of K2, the second highest mountain in the world (8,611m asl).
		This was the culminating event of an adventure which had started three months earlier, when the expedition team (a caravan of over 700 people) led by Professor Ardito Desio, began its approach along the Baltoro Glacier.
		After photographs and shots, made without gloves (the two climbers will suffer congelation), a dangerous descent starts, with many slips, two falls without consequence, hazardous distances in the darkness: at dead of night two men arrive camp 8, joyfully welcomed.
	www.ynews.info /en/item.php?id=1320 (341 words)

	Italian minister joins K-2 celebrations -DAWN - National; 27 July, 2004
		SKARDU, July 26: Italy's agriculture minister flew to the base camp of the world's second highest mountain, K-2, on Monday to attend programmes being held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its conquest by Italian climbers.
		K-2, which is 8,611 meters (28,416 feet) high and known locally as Chogori or "King of Mountains," was first conquered by Italian climbers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni at sunset on July 31, 1954.
		The Italians stole victory from the Americans, who had mounted three unsuccessful expeditions between 1939 and 1953.
	www.dawn.com /2004/07/27/nat25.htm (602 words)

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	Top of the World Books - Mountain and Polar Books
		This is one of a limited number of copies produced by the Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella" in 1954 to commemorate the Italian first ascent of K2.
		In the 50 years since the Italian ascent of K2, Lino Lacedelli has never released a statement regarding the summit climb he made with Achille Compagnoni, an event which was celebrated in Italy with great pride.
		He reveals his own terrible version of the truth: in the night before the summit attempt, he and Compagnoni deliberately failed to make their rendezvous with Bonatti, forcing him to abandon the final ascent so they could have the oxygen tanks he carried with him.
	www.topworldbooks.com (3601 words)

	Pakistan Travel Web > Adventure Club > Adventure News > Lino Lacedelli - First Climber of K2 in Pakistan after 50 years
		The names like Edmond Hillary & Tensing Sherpa, Herman Buhl, Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli always fascinated me due to their great feats of achieving the honour to undertake the challenge of world tallest and famous peaks of Mount Everest, Nanga Parbat and K2.
		With the help of a good team of climbers and with great preparations, Desio was successful when Achille Compagnoni & Lino Lacedelli conquered the K2 in 1954.
		Anniversary to the first climb of K2, this year a good number of trekkers and climbers came to Pakistani for trekking and climbing.
	www.travel.web.pk /adventureclub/news/news_07.asp (914 words)

	The Hindu : Education Plus Bangalore : Let's get QUIZical
		Between 1846 and 1878, the Catholic church saw the longest reign of a Pope since the days of the Apostles.
		What first was achieved by Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni in 1954?
		What is the astronomical term for the very close approach of one celestial object to another, as viewed from a third body?
	www.hindu.com /edu/2006/06/19/stories/2006061900930400.htm (228 words)

	Stamp News Archive at Stamp's Value (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A new stamp is to be issued on 31st July in order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first successful attempt to reach the summit of K2, the world’s second highest mountain.
		Italian climbers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni completed their ascent at 6pm on 31st July, 1954 following years of planning.
		Expedition leader Ardito Desio, the Italian Alpine Club, the Italian National Research Council, the National Olympic Committee and the then Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi all worked together to make the achievement possible.
	www.findyourstampsvalue.com /stampnews/stamp_200407.html (1470 words)

	Jaume Rigau - Personal Page
		One of the climbers died of pneumonia after 40 days of raging storms.
		The final ascent was made by a team of two (Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli) after their oxygen supply had run out, and an emergency descent was made in darkness."
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	ima.udg.es /~rigau (531 words)

	Michele Compagnoni Grandson of First K2 Climber The seven summits, the highest peaks of the 7 continents: Everest, ...
		Michele Compagnoni Grandson of First K2 Climber The seven summits, the highest peaks of the 7 continents: Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Vinson, Carstensz!
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		Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain...
	7summits.com /forum/index.php?topic=504.0 (156 words)

	This Issue
		In July, during a three-day stretch of good weather, more than 40 climbers reached the summit of the world’s second-highest peak, after two years with no successful ascents.
		Among these were the nephew of Lino Lacedelli and grandson of Achille Compagnoni, the two Italians who made K2’s first ascent on July 31, 1954.
		More teams were poised to summit at press time, and by season’s end it appears likely that more than 50 climbers will have topped K2, raising the all-time total by at least 25 percent.
	www.americanalpineclub.org /pubs/enews/enews_2004_August.htm (1739 words)

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		Grandson of First K2 Climber Michele Compagnoni the Grandson of First K2 Climber Achille Compagnoni has climbed K2 today on 26th July 2004 at 17:15 hrs.
	7summits.com /forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=504.0 (72 words)

	EMF - SEMNET - Info & News - Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		You can freely present your own activities and promote your organisation.
		As you may be aware, 50 years after the first successful ascent of K2 Italians are returning to the Karakoram to celebrate that memorable moment etched in history on July 31, 1954 by Achille Compagnoni, Lino Lacedelli and their teammates under the leadership of Ardito Desio
		The Project "K2 2004 - 50 years later" aims to reinterpret the values and challenges of that great adventure with:
	www.mtnforum.org /europe/semnet/news.cfm?IDnews=301 (244 words)

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