K2 2004: K2 South – 100 meters from the summit: Italian expedition Everest/K2 2004 expedition

K2 2004 - 50 years later

K2 South: 100m to the summit!

12.30 Italian time: the summit is closer and closer: Silvio Mondinelli, Karl Unterkicher and Michele Compagnoni precede their companions and the compact Spanish group of about 1some dozens of meters.

12.30 Italian time

After having decided who were in condition to attempt the summit by mutual consent, even before the sun rise our climbers Silvio Mondinelli, Ugo Giacomelli, Karl Unterkircher, Walter Nones, Michele Compagnoni, together with the 4 components of the “Al filo de lo imposible” spanish expedition (Oiarzabal, Pasaban, Vallejo e Zabalza) accompanied by the Sherpa, headed to the summit. It was a few minutes past 2.30 a.m. (local time).

Just in this moment we are receiving an update from the base camp “Apart from the noisy wind – seeming to slow down – and the low temperature – mitigated by the bright sun – the climb is proceeding according to the plans. Now Silvio Mondinelli, Karl Unterkicher and Michele Compagnoni precede their companions and the compact Spanish group of about some dozens of meters. By this time they are over 8.550m!!”

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