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Veltliner mountaineers on the K 2 expedition

With an iron will to live, the Italian mountaineer Marco Confortola, who had got into mountain difficulties, continued his agonizing descent to base camp after he had reached the summit of K2 on August 1st.

Veltliner mountaineers on the K 2 expedition

Marco Confortaola- K2 ascent of the 8611 m high, wildest mountain on earth.
The K2 expedition is the latest undertaking of the world-famous Exterm climber Marco Confortola from Valtellina on Lake Como .
K2 is the second highest mountain on earth and is considered by mountaineers to be far more demanding than Mount Everest, if not the most difficult of all 14 eight-thousanders.
The latest information about the status of K2-Expedition can be found at:

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