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Maurice Herzog is renowned as a French mountaineer, celebrated for his role in the first ascent of an 8,000-meter peak, Annapurna, in June 1950. This achievement was made even more extraordinary by the expedition's decision to forgo supplemental oxygen. While the ascent was successful, the descent proved to be a harrowing two-week ordeal from which Herzog narrowly escaped with his life. His account of this expedition, Annapurna, stands as a seminal and inspirational text within the mountaineering genre.

Annapurna : the first conquest of an 8000-metre peak

2011
Annapurna : the first conquest of an 8000-metre peak
272 pages
10 hours of reading
4.1(130)Add rating
The enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna - at that time, and at more than 8000 metres, the highest mountain ever climbed. It is a story of breathtaking courage and determination against appalling odds. In records of mountaineering, in tales of human endeavour, there is nothing so unforgettable as the account of the descent by the triumphant but frost-bitten men, after the monsoon had broken, through the flooded valleys of Nepal. As well as an introduction by Joe Simpson, this new edition includes 16 pages of photographs, which provide a remarkable visual record of this legendary expedition.
1997
Annapurna
314 pages
11 hours of reading
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Provides an account of the author's conquest of the Himalaya peak, and the difficulties that arose afterward

Annapurna : the first conquest of an 8000-metre peak

Annapurna