Annapurna: The First Conquest Of An 8,000-Meter Peak By Maurice Herzog

In 1950, when no mountain taller than 8000 meters had ever been climbed, Maurice Herzog led an expedition of French climbers to the summit of an 8075-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.

• Paperback
• Sports Illustrated calls it one of the Top 100 Sports Books of All Time
• Foreword by Conrad Anker
• 256 pages
• Dimensions: 9″H x 6″W

ISBN: 9781599218939