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More copies of this ISBN:Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peakby Maurice Herzog
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Z99 grit and courage members of the French Alpine Club face frostbite snow blindness and near death to reach the summit of the uncharted 26493-foot Himalayan peak Annapurna Book News Annotation:Reprint of Herzog's classic account originally published in 1952.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:In 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club had resolved to try. Their goal was a 26,493-foot Himalayan peak called Annapurna. But unlike other climbs, which draw on the experience of prior reconnaissance, the routes up Annapurna had never been analyzed before. Herzog and his team had to locate the mountain using sketchy, crude maps, pick out a single, untried route, and go for the summit. Annapurna is the unforgettable account of this dramatic and heroic climb, and of its harrowing aftermath. Although Herzog and his comrade Louis Lachenal reached the mountains summit, their descent was a nightmare of frostbite, snow blindness, and near death. With grit and courage manifest on every page, Herzogs narrative is one of the great mountain-adventure stories of all time. (5 1/2 X 8 1/4, 314 pages, b&w photos, maps)
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