K2 2004: K2 South – ALL ON THE SUMMIT! RUMBLE AT BASE CAMP !: Italian expedition Everest/K2 2004 expedition

K2 2004 - 50 years later

ALL ON THE SUMMIT! RUMBLE AT BASE CAMP

Rumble at the base camp. Walter Nones, Michele Compagnoni, Ugo Giacomelli are on the K2 summit, too. Around 17.50 (local time) even the Spanish team reached the top.

02.15 p.m. Italian time; 05.15 p.m. local time

Rumble at the base camp. After 14 hours, Walter Nones, Michele Compagnoni, Ugo Giacomelli are on the K2 summit, too. They suddenly transmit their feelings to the base camp.

Ugo Giacomelli defines his first 8000 “quite hard”.

Karl Unterkircher, one of the few men in the world having climbed Everest and K2 without oxygen within 2 months, declares “I have been quite lucky with my health!”.

Michele Compagnoni, grandson of the first K2 conqueror, just says “Adriano, everything’s OK!” (Adriano Greco is in charge of the operations from the base camp).

Walter Nones thanks Adriano, stressing that: “Hearing from Adriano has given me the courage to arrive on the summit”.

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