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The name of Walter Bonatti first came to my attention when hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc, a 103 mile (165km) loop of the Mont Blanc massif that’s also the route of the famous UTMB. On a picturesque ...

Walter Bonatti, an Italian climber who won belated recognition for his contribution for the first ascent to the summit of K2, the world's second-highest peak, has died at 81. Bonatti was involved in ...

This pulsating documentary reconstructs the deadly 48-hour period on Aug. 1 and 2, 2008, when 11 out of 18 mountain climbers died on K2, the second tallest mountain on Earth and the highest peak in ...

Walter Bonatti, one of the world’s greatest mountaineers, who pioneered some of the most difficult and breathtaking climbs on the earth’s tallest mountains, often alone, died Tuesday in Rome. He was ...

Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer who became a vilified figure in one of the most enduring controversies in his sport — his role in the first successful ascent of K2, the world’s ...