Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak

Name: Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak
Author: Maurice Herzog

By Maurice Herzog

"Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak" by Maurice Herzog is a gripping firsthand account of the daring 1950 French expedition that made history as the first to summit the forbidding Annapurna I without modern equipment or oxygen tanks, despite nearly fatal conditions.