31 July 1954, 6 PM Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni embrace one another on K2: they’re the first to ever climb the second tallest peak of the world. Conquering K2 is an athletic effort, but it’s also much more than that. It’s also an iconic moment, which touches the hearts of Italians right when they are rebuilding after the war. Because going to K2 is like going to the moon. 70 years later, this podcast tells the story of that adventure and the impact that K2 had on the national collective imagination as well as on an entire country that was trying to find itself right in that moment. K2 - Like going to the Moon is a podcast created in partnership with Moncler. K2 - Like going to the Moon is a Chora Media podcast, created in partnership with Moncler. It is written by Leonardo Bizzaro, Luca Calzolari, Roberto Mantovani, Vinicio Stefanello. The voice is by John Vincent. Editorial care is by Marco Villa, with the support of Sara Poma. Translation is by John Vincent. Sound and music supervision is by Luca Micheli. Post production and editing is by Cosma Castellucci. Recordings by Luca Calzolari and Aurora Ricci. Sound engineer is Luca Possi. The project manager is Silvia Arcidiacono Mutti. The Producer is Alex Peverengo. Post-production coordination is by Matteo Scelsa. Editorial support, Valeria Luzi.
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July 29, 2024
If the climb was exhausting, the descent is long and even more dangerous. The Italian expedition finally leaves K2 and the base camp and soon discovers that the entire world is celebrating them as heroes. Their return to Italy is a triumphant celebration: all Italians are suddenly experts on mountain climbing, while books and movies about the climb are wildly successful. Seventy years later, K2 remains a legendary tale for all mountain climbers, and inspires hundreds of people each year to attempt the climb.
July 28, 2024
The men setting off for the expedition are expert mountaineers, but climbing an eight-thousander is like going to another planet. The thin air makes everything different: in order to succeed the eleven climbers and the rest of their team need to do some serious training. While they’re getting ready, the expedition-leader Ardito Desio is travelling all over Italy for the best equipment which will bring the team to the summit, in absolute safety. Or, at least, in the safest way possible, because the mountain is always dangerous. This realization hits the team hard, when one of the members dies while setting up the camps on K2.
July 27, 2024
Alone, in the dark, in one of the most dangerous places of the planet. Shortly after completing the climb, Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli start to make their way back down towards the base camp: they stumble, they fall, they slide. They lose part of their technical equipment and their flashlight even goes out. And yet, somehow they manage to make their way out alive from that which is known as the “Death Zone” and back to their companions at the base camp: they’re safe. It’s the arrival point of an endeavor which the expedition leader has been organizing for an entire year; and that started with searching for funds, then continued with the diplomatic relations of the Italian President of the Council Alcide de Gasperi, and was later made possible with the full support of the most advanced Italian technology companies.
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