A team of Italian climbers became the first to reach the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain.

1954 Italian expedition to K2

First successful attempt to climb K2

On the 1954 Italian expedition to K2, Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli became the first people to reach the summit of K2, 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), the second-highest mountain in the world. They reached the summit on 31 July 1954. K2 is more difficult to climb than Mount…

K2

2nd-highest mountain on Earth

K2, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the…

List of highest mountains on Earth

There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of 7,200 m or greater above sea level. Of these, 14 are more than 8,000 m. The vast majority of these mountains are part of either the Himalayas or the Karakoram mountain ranges located on the edge of the Indian Plate and…