by Walter Bonatti · Ediciones Desnivel, S. L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495760715
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«K2: Historia de un caso» is the mountaineering essay by Walter Bonatti, published by Ediciones Desnivel in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
The author reconstructs the Italian expedition that attempted to summit K2 in 1954 and examines what happened on the night of July 30, when the rope team was vying for the first ascent on the Abruzzi route. Bonatti gathers testimonies and documents to clarify an episode that marked the history of alpinism.
It was published on September 1, 2002, in its first edition; translated from the Italian by Eleanor Leonetti.
Recommended for mountaineering enthusiasts and readers interested in the history of great expeditions.
Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer, alpinist, explorer and journalist. He was noted for many climbing achievements, including a solo climb of a new alpine climbing route on the south-west pillar of the Aiguille du Dru in August 1955, the first ascent of Gasherbrum IV in 1958, and, in 1965, the first solo climb in winter of the North face of the Matterhorn on the mountain's centenary year of its first ascent. Immediately after his solo climb on the Matterhorn, Bonatti announced his retirement from professional climbing at the age of 35, and after 17 years of climbing activity. He authored many mountaineering books and spent the remainder of his career travelling off the beaten track as a reporter for the Italian magazine Epoca. He died on 13 September 2011 of pancreatic cancer in Rome aged 81, and was survived by his life partner, the actress Rossana Podestà.
