Beyond the white glaciers
- Kadota Ryutaro
- 1978
- Japan
- Color
- 108 min
Record of the second successful ascent to K2, 23 years after the first ascent by the italians Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni in 1954. Japanese Ichiro Yoshizawa and Ashraf Aman (Pakistan) become the second team to summit. The Japanese expedition, led by Ichiro Yoshizawa, reached the summit via the Abruzzi Spur. In addition to using bottled oxygen, this team employed 'siege' tactics, with 1,500 porters and 52 members.
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