Maurice Herzog

Annapurna

The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak

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One of Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time: A gripping firsthand account of one of the most daring climbing expeditions in history. #1 New York Times Bestseller 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 long and treacherous approach, its summit proved unreachable until 1950, when a group of French mountaineers made a mad dash for its peak. They became the first men to accomplish the feat, doing so without oxygen tanks or any of the modern equipment that contemporary climbers use. The adventure nea… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Morin, Nea (Übers.) / Smith, Janet Adam (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-1-4532-2073-3
EAN: 9781453220733
Produktnummer: 20140331
Verlag: Open Road Media
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 316 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'027 KB

Über den Autor

Maurice Herzog (b. 1919) is one of the foremost mountaineers in history. He gained international fame in 1950 as the leader of the expedition that summited Annapurna I, the first 8,000-meter peak ever climbed by man. Born in France, he distinguished himself in World War II, winning the Legion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre, two of his nation's highest military honors. After the war, he took to adventuring, where he found his calling climbing the highest mountains in the world. After leading the Annapurna expedition, which cost him his toes and most of his fingers, he dictated his account of the expedition from his hospital bed. His mountaineering days finished, Herzog turned to politics, where he served his country as a minister of sport.