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Annapurna
The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak
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Mountaineer Maurice Herzog gives a gripping firsthand account of one of the most daring climbing expeditions in history
Annapurna I is the name given to the 8,100-meter mountain that ranks among the most forbidding in the Himalayan chain. Dangerous not just for its extreme height but for a long and treacherous approach, its summit proved unreachable until 1950, when a group of French mountaineers made a mad dash for its peak. They became the first men to accomplish the feat, doing so without oxygen tanks or any of the modern equipment that contemporary climbers use.
The adventure nearly cost them their lives. Maurice Herzog dictated this firsthand account of the remarkable trek from a hospital bed as he recovered from injuries sustained during the climb. An instant bestseller, it remains one of the most famous mountaineering books of all time, and an enduring testament to the power of the human spirit.
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Open Road Media; July 2011
316 pages; ISBN 9781453220733
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Title: Annapurna
Author: Maurice Herzog; Nea Morin; Janet Adam Smith
316 pages; ISBN 9781453220733
Read online, or download in secure EPUB
Title: Annapurna
Author: Maurice Herzog; Nea Morin; Janet Adam Smith
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