Victory Over K2, Second Highest Peak in the World

able Abram Abruzzi Ridge Alps altitude Angelino Ardito Desio ascent Askole Ata Ullah August bad weather baggage Baltis Baltistan Baltoro Glacier Base Camp Biafo Bonatti Camp II Camp VIII caravan carried climbing party colleagues Concordia crevasse Desio expedition to K2 expedition's Falchan Kangri feet final assault fixed ropes Floreanini following day foot Gallotti Gasherbrum Gilgit Gilkey Godwin-Austen Glacier higher camps Himalaya Hispar House's Chimney Houston's expedition Hunzas Indus Italian Alpine Club Italy journey June Karachi Karakoram Lacedelli Lino Lacedelli loads Lombardi Mahdi Marussi Meanwhile moraine morning mountain Muztagh Tower Nanga Parbat oxygen masks Pagani Pakistan Pasang peaks point of fact porters programme Puchoz radio Rawalpindi reached Camp reconnaissance researches return to Camp rock ropeway route scientific Sherpas Shigar situated Skardu slope snow Soldà Stak Valley steep summit of K2 surveys tent tion topographical transport Urdukas Viotto wall Wiessner wind windlass Windy Gap Zanettin