Wanda Rutkiewicz
Reinhold Messner from Italy was the first person to have reached the summit of Mount Everest and K2. Mount Everest 8th May 1978 K2 12th July 1979
Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni were the first climbers to reach the summit of K2.
There is no transport on K2, you have to climb the mountain to reach its summit.
The summit of K2 is 8611 metres above sea level
Achille Compagnoni (26 September 1914 - 13 May 2009) was an Italian mountaineer and skier. On the 31st July 1954 he became the second climber to have reached the summit of K2. He was a member of the K2 Italian Expedition that also put Lino Lacedelli on the summit, making him the first person to stand on the summit of K2.
The summit of K2 is 8611 metres above sea level
K2 (28,251 feet) was first summited on July 31st 1954 by two Italian climbers, Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni: It was not until 1977 when the summit was reached again on August 9th 1977 by a Japanese expedition, more than 23 years later !!
The first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.
K2
Wanda Rutkiewicz
In Pakistan territory the peak (summit) is called K2
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