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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 17 > Achille Compagnoni was one of first to climb K2

Achille Compagnoni was one of first to climb K2

Expedition ‘was one of the last acts of heroic mountaineering,’ one climber says

By Elisabetta Povoledo / The Bulletin
May 17, 2009

ROME — Achille Compag-noni, one of the first two men to reach the summit of K2, the world’s second-highest peak and among the most dangerous, died Wednesday in Aosta, in northeastern Italy. He was 94.

His wife, Elda Compagnoni Mossini, confirmed his death.

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