22 happened June 1909: Reached 7498 quota on K2

22/06/14

expedition led by the captain of the ship Luigi di Savoia in the climb of the peak of the K2 it reaches the quota of 7498 m: it is not able to rise over for insurmountable technical difficulties.

Although the company failed to do so, the group had explored every side of the mountain and discovered the best access route - the Abruzzi Spur - and it brought about an accurate photogrammetric survey of the Baltoro Glacier, one of the major glacial flows outside the polar lands . But the result that will have greater resonance will be the attainment of the incredible quota of 7498 m that at the time represented the record of height touched by the man and that will resist up to the 1922.

Source: Military Navy