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| Title | : | Annapurna |
| Author | : | Maurice Herzog |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 1997 by Lyons Press (first published 1951) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Adventure. Sports. Mountaineering. Travel. Climbing. History |
Maurice Herzog
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 4.08 | 7684 Users | 298 Reviews
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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 routes up Annapurna had never been analyzed before. Herzog and his team had to locate the mountain using sketchy, crude maps, pick out a single, untried route, and go for the summit. Annapurna is the unforgettable account of this dramatic and heroic climb, and of its harrowing aftermath. Although Herzog and his comrade Louis Lachenal reached the mountain's summit, their descent was a nightmare of frostbite, snow blindness, and near death. With grit and courage manifest on every page, Herzog's narrative is one of the great mountain-adventure stories of all time.
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| Original Title: | Annapurna |
| ISBN: | 1558215492 (ISBN13: 9781558215498) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | National Outdoor Book Award for Classic (2010) |
Rating Containing Books Annapurna
Ratings: 4.08 From 7684 Users | 298 ReviewsRate Containing Books Annapurna
A readable telling of the first summiting of an 8000m mountain - a few years before Hillary climbed Everest with Tensing. It was the days of bare-footed porters, climbers smoking cigarettes at any given opportunity and Indian Survey maps which only vaguely resemble to actual lie of the land. In fact a chapter is devoted to wandering about attempting to locate Annapurna.There is some controversy over whether the climb eventuated the way this book is told, where Herzog does take a lot of the gloryAnnapurna is subtitled First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak and is the account of the 1950 French Himalayan Expedition. The first two-thirds of the book alternated between interesting information and slow going as the expedition was organized and arrived at the base camp. But the final third of the book was so gripping that I read it at one sitting.
The summit of Annapurna was a masterpiece of climbing, and the book is nothing short of a bible for enthusiasts however, if youre new to the genre I would still recommend Eiger Dreams by Krakauer. Its much more approachable and far less studied. Annapurna took a while to get off the ground both for the men tackling the rock and for the narrative. They had to find and scout the mountain, set up supply chains, and it was all very tedious, necessary and excruciating. The narrative suffered for it,
Recently, I ordered a book from Flipkart "Annapurna, The first conquest of an 8000-meter peak". It was first written in French by Maurice Herzog, and then later it was translated into English. Maurice Herzog, was a French mountaineer who became the first man to climb an 8000-meter mountain, Annapurna, which is the 10th highest mountain in the world.I ordered the book on the same day that Maurice Herzog had died. This is my first attempt at writing a book-review and I hope I don't give away the
A good read but definitely the official account. The trek down the mountain and the medical care (such as it was) was brutal. Herzog never seems to take responsibility for his role in how the expedition turned out.
Annapurna is a mountain climbing staple about the first 8000m peak ever climbed. I found myself googling many mountaineering terms, but that didnt take away from the epic adventure that left me flying through pages. Certainly a captivating story, yet the writing style is somewhat bland and repetitive, maybe from the translating. I also wasnt a fan of the author, the expedition leader, who I found to be arrogant and selfish. Nonetheless I greatly enjoyed the book and its a must-read for any
I read this a few years back and thought I had reviewed it here but it seems not. I don't recall reading it before I went to Nepal in 2005 but maybe I did. Anyway.Annapurna is a fantastic account by Herzog of the first 8000m mountain climbed, perfectly encapsulating the experience of high altitude climbing and the mindset of those who do. It starts off a little dry and boring as they plan and wander through the foothills though having spent a fair time in Nepal, particularly around the Annapurna
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