ANNAPURNA: The First 8,000 Metre Peak by Maurice Herzog

ANNAPURNA: The First 8,000 Metre Peak
by Maurice Herzog

translated by Nea-Morin
with Janet Adam Smith
introduction by Eric Shipton

DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket  
Published: Jonathan Cape 1952, reprint 1954
Size (mm): 140 w x 205 h x 25 h
Pages: 288
SKU: A5/2405/0365/K551

ABOUT
In 1950, when no mountain taller than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed, Maurice Herzog led an expedition of French climbers to the summit of an 8,075-meter (26,493-foot) Himalayan peak called Annapurna. But unlike other climbs, the routes up Annapurna had never been charted. Herzog and his team had to locate the mountain using crude maps, pick out a single untried route, and go for the summit.

The unforgettable account of this heroic climb and of its harrowing aftermath, including a nightmare descent of frostbite, snow blindness, and near death.

Includes monochrome images and maps.
Map on rear end paper. 

CONDITION
Excellent with wear/repairs on dust jacket, faint spotting on end papers and page edges, pages clean, binding tight, no stamps or inscriptions. Images depict all need to know detail.

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