Achille Compagnoni (1914-2009) - Find a Grave Memorial

Achille Compagnoni

Birth

26 Sep 1914

Santa Caterina Valfurva, Provincia di Sondrio, Lombardia, Italy

Death

13 May 2009 (aged 94)

Aosta, Provincia di Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Italy

Burial

Cimitero di Valtournenche

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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 Mehdi and fellow Italian Walter Bonatti and leaving them in a life-threatening situation in order to ensure that he reached the summit first.

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