Lino Lacedelli

Lino Lacedelli (1925 to 2009) was an Italian mountaineer who, together with Achille Compagnoni, was the first to reach the summit of K2, on 31 July 1954. He was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo and began climbing as a young teenager, when he followed a mountain guide up a local summit. He soon came under the tutelage of Luigi "Bibi" Ghedina, one of the best Dolomite rock climbers of his age, and in 1946 was accepted into the Cortina Squirrels club. Lacedelli was known for fast ascents of difficult routes, among them the Constantini-Apollonio South Face Direct on the Pilastro di Rozes, repeated with Ghedina, and the first ascent of the Southwest Face of Cima Scotoni in the Fanis Group with Guido Lorenzi.