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First man to reached the summit of K2

K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austin or Chhogori. It is the second highest mount in the world after Mount Everest at 8,611 meters (28,251 ft) above sea level. It is located in Pakistan in Karakoram Range. K2 is the deadliest where approximately one person dies on the mountain for every four who reach the summit.

Other names for K2 are The King of Mountains and the Mountaineers' Mountain. K2 is the only eight thousand meter peak that has never been climbed during winter or from its East Face. K2 more northern location makes it more susceptible to inclement and colder weather.

K2 is more difficult and dangerous climb, due in part to its more inclement weather and comparatively greater height from base to peak. as of June 2018, only 367 people have completed the ascent. 86 people have died attempting the climb.

K2 world 's second highest mountain 


The summit was reached for the first time by the Italian climbers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni, on the 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition led by Ardito Desio. 


Lino Lacedelli:

 Lino Lacedelli was an iItalian mountaineer. Together with Achille Compagnoni on 31 July 1954 he was the first man to reach the summit of K2. He is also noted for leaving his teammates Amir Mehndi and Walter Bonatti in a life-threatening situation in order to ensure that he reached the summit first.


Achille Compagnoni:

 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. He is also noted for betraying his teammates Pakistani Amir Mehndi and fellow Italian Walter Bonatti and leaving them in a life-threatening situation in order to ensure that he reached the summit first.



Success to Climb:
After many fail attempt to climb K2 by many climbers around the world but on 31 July 1954 The Italian Karakoram expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the summit of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and two  climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. 

The team included a Pakistani member, Colonel Muhammad Ata-ullah. Who had been a part of the 1953 American expedition, Also on the expedition were  Walter Bonatti and Pakistani Hunza porter Amir Mehndi, who both proved vital to the expedition's success in that they carried oxygen tanks to 8,100 meters  (26,600 ft) for Lacedelli and Compagnoni.

 The ascent is controversial because Lacedelli abd Compagnoni established their camp at a higher elevation than originally agreed with Mehndi and Bonatti, It being too dark to ascend or descend, Mehndi and Bonatti were forced to overnight without shelter above 8,000 meters leaving the oxygen tanks behinfd as requested when they descended. Bonatti and Mehndi Survived, but Mehndi was hospitalized for months and had to have his toes amputated beacause of frostbite.
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