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Annapurna
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Annapurna (1952) (edit title/settings)

by Maurice Herzog (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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  • “Thank you for being so well aware that one can put aside modesty without becoming vain. If it were not so, then every advance of the spirit would go unrecorded. It takes courage to draw the veil from those moments when the individual approaches most nearly to the universal.”
    Lucien Devies in his preface
  • “But that is exploration: a great deal of hesitation, doubt, error, and then, quite suddenly, a discovery.”
  • ““there are other Annapurnas in the lives of men””

First Sentence edit see section history

The day fixed for our departure was close at hand.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Preparations
2. The Himalaya
3. The Hidden Valley
4. The East Dhaulagiri Glacier
5. Looking for Annapurna
6. Council of War
7. The Miristi Khola
8. The Spur
9. Annapurna
10. The Sickle
11. Camp II
12. The Assault
13. The Third of June
14. The Crevasse
15. The Avalanche
16. The Retreat
17. In the woods of Lete
18. Through the paddy fields
19. Gorakhpur
20. There are other Annapurnas
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Preceded by Arabian Sands, and followed by Desert Solitaire.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Maurice Herzog (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Nea Morin (Translator)
  2. Janet Adam Smith (Translator)

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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1952
ISBN: N/A
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