VARESE – An evening dedicated to 70 years since the conquest of the second peak on the earth, K2. It will take place Friday 21 June at 9pm in Varese at the Sala Montanari in via dei Bersaglieri 1. The event, with free entry, is organized by the Varese section of Italian Alpine Club.
The restored film
For the occasion the film “Italy K2”, which tells the story of the Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio who reached the summit of the mountain at 8611 meters above sea level on July 31, 1954. The one that will be broadcast in Sala Montanari is the restored version of the film, which makes the most of the exceptional shots of the expedition that were taken by the Bolognese mountaineer and cameraman Mario Fantinto relive the key moments and emotions of the great expedition in a contemporary way.
Up to the top
The film also shows the expedition in its less epic and more concrete moments: with wonder you follow the slow, titanic march towards the summit, first with the porters, then with the mountaineers alone. The harshness of the places, the fatigue of the bodies at every single step, the dangers and essentiality of the equipment of time are accompanied by the pride of participating in an authentic undertaking. At the end of the evening, the exhibition “K2 an Italian company 1954-2024” hosted at the Castiglioni Museum. The event is sponsored by the Municipality of Varese.
The trailer
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