Achille Compagnoni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Achille Compagnoni

Italian mountain climber and skier

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1914

Place of Birth: Province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 13-May-2009

Profession: mountaineer, explorer, biathlete, ski mountaineer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Achille Compagnoni (26 September 1914 – 13 May 2009) 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.