WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOE SIMPSON. In 1950 no mountain higher than 8 000 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.