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Italian mountaineer and skier (1914–2009)

Achille Compagnoni (26 September 1914 – 13 May 2009) was an Italian mountaineer and skier.

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1954 Italian expedition to K2 - Wikipedia

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Together with Lino Lacedelli on 31 July 1954 he was in the first party to reach the summit of K2.

Biography

Compagnoni was born in Santa Caterina di Valfurva, Sondrio, Lombardy.

On the successful K2 expedition, Compagnoni's decision to place the final camp (IX) at a higher location than formerly agreed was a source of 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.^[1]

Bonatti and a Hunza climber, Amir Mehdi, climbed up to deliver oxygen to Compagnoni and Lacedeilli for their summit attempt.

It was an epic climb with the weight of the oxygen bottles at that altitude and both men were exhausted. Bonatti and Mehdi arrived in failing lig