Lorenzo Mazzoleni

In 1986, aged 19, he travelled to Patagonia with the Spiders mountaineering group, where they made a first ascent on the West face of Monte Sarmiento, in the Terra del Fuego.

[13] That year he made his second attempt on Mount Everest, where he reached the south summit (8,750 m) before turning back due to high winds.

[14] Mazzoleni returned to the Himalayas in 1991, where he was part of an expedition led by Casimiro Ferrari[15] to climb the as-yet unclimbed west face of Makalu.

Alongside Marco Anghileri, Mazzoleni would make the first repeat and first winter ascent of the Marino Stenico route (VI+, A4) in five days.

[24] Mazzoleni was known for making close connections with the people in the communities around the mountains where he travelled to on his expeditions, taking thousands of photographs.

[30] In 2013, reports appeared in Italy suggesting that a search expedition was being undertaken to find Mazzoleni's body and return it to his family.

[31][32] In response, his family issued a statement requesting that Mazzoleni should remain in his final resting place.

[33] On July 19, 2024, Mazzoleni's backpack was found on K2, by an all-female Italian expedition 28 years after he fell to his death on the mountain.