The Italian ascent of K2 in 1954 was much admired by the mountaineering world
\nas it was then, and still is, considered to be the hardest of the worlds
\nfourteen 8000m peaks – in Italy there was pandemonium as there was a sense of
\nrenewed pride after the crushing defeat in World War 2.<\/p>\n
Behind the fa\u00e7ade of national celebration, all was not as it seemed; the team was later embroiled
\nin accusations, counter-accusations and even court cases revolving around the
\nfinal climb to the summit involving Bonatti, Compagnoni and Lacedelli – this
\nbook is the story of that controversy and of Bonatti’s battle to change
\nforever the official record of the first ascent of K2.<\/p>\n
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