Silvio Mondinelli

Silvio Mondinelli (born 24 June 1958) is an Italian climber.

He is the 6th person to achieve that feat without using supplemental oxygen and the first mountaineer to climb the Seven Summits and the 14 eight-thousanders.

[1][2] In five months in 2001, he climbed four 8,000 meter peaks: Everest, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II and Dhaulagiri.

On 25 July 2004 he reached the peak of K2 (8611 m) and declared the success of the "K2 2004–50 years later" expedition.

[5] Mondinelli, along with a team of expert mountaineers, climbers and researchers, founded High Mountain University in Alagna Valsesia, Piedmont, the first high mountain school open to all upland aficionados.