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K2: The Price of Conquest

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What really happened on the legendary K2 expedition of 1954? The truth is revealed after more than 50 years.

  • Authors: Lino Lacedelli and Giovanni Cenacchi
  • Softcover; 127 pages; full-color and black-and-white photos
  • The Mountaineers Books; copyright 2006

It is one of the greatest controversies in mountaineering history. On the night of July 30, 1954, Walter Bonatti and Hunza porter Mahdi risked their lives to carry the oxygen bottles needed the next day by Italian teammates Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni for the final ascent of K2, the world's second highest mountain. But as evening approached, Bonatti and Mahdi could not find the summit pair's tent in the previously agreed place. They were forced to spend a terrible night above 8000 meters, without adequate shelter or equipment.

Lacedelli and Compagnoni made their way to the summit without rendezvousing with their teammates and the event was celebrated all over Italy with great pride. Yet the dark mystery has endured. Why was Camp IX moved? Why did the oxygen run out before the summit was reached? Why was Bonatti subsequently accused of having conspired against his colleagues? Today, more than 50 year later, Lino Lacedelli breaks his silence--and tells his own terrible version of the truth.

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