The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak
by
Maurice Herzog
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
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...