Top 100 Sports Books of All Time, Sports Illustrated Those who have never seen the Himalayas, those who never care to risk an assault, will know when they finish this book that they have been a companion of greatness. -New York Times Book Review In 1950, when no mountain taller than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed, Maurice Herzog led an expedition of French climbers to the summit of an 8,075-meter (26,493-foot) Himalayan peak called Annapurna. But unlike other climbs, the routes up Annapurna had never been charted. Herzog and his team had to locate the mountain using crude maps, pick out a single untried route, and go for the summit. Annapurna is the unforgettable account of this heroic climb and of its harrowing aftermath, including a nightmare descent of frostbite, snow blindness, and near death. Herzog's masterful narrative is one of the great mountain-adventure stories of all time. This new edition-due for publication shortly before the sixtieth anniversary of the Annapurna ascent on June 3, 2010-will feature a new foreword by Conrad Anker.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN-13
9781599218939
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189849776
Product Key Features
Book Title
Annapurna: the First Conquest of an 8000-m Peak
Author
Maurice Herzog
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Holidays
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Sports
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
21g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Maurice Herzog
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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