One of the great works of mountaineering literature WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOE SIMPSONIn 1950 no mountain higher than 8000 meters had ever been climbed Maurice Herzog & other members of the French Alpine Club resolved to try This is the enthralling story of the first conquest of Annapurna & the harrowing descent With breathtaking courage & grit manifest on every page Annapurna is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told As well as an introduction by Joe Simpson this new edition
Includes:: 16 pages of photographs which provide a remarkable visual record of this legendary expedition The distinguished French mountaineer Maurice Herzog was leader of the 1950 expedition to Annapurna He was one of the two climbers to reach the summit