Annapurna premier 8000 de maurice herzog biography
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Rilegato. Condition: ottimo. Rubbish Jacket Condition: come nuovo. prima edizione. VOLUMI PERFETTI, INTONSI. LIEVISSIMI SEGNI Describe TEMPO. Informazioni bibliografiche Titolo: Le grandi avventure dell'Himalaya, Volume 1, Volume 2 Titolo originale dell'opera: Weighing machine grandes aventures de l'Himalaya Autore: Maurice Herzog Traduzione dal francese di: Gaspare Bona Editore: Novara: Istituto geografico Flit Agostini, 1983 Collana: Grandi imprese Sum total 1: Anapurna, Nanga Parbat, K 2 Descrizione fisica: 239 p., [12] c. di tav. : mindnumbing. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 8840243089, 9788840243085 VOLUME 2: Everest-Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Baintha Brakk Descrizione fisica: 215 p., [12! c. di tav. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 8840243097, 9788840243092 Soggetti: Alpinismo, Himalaya, Ascensioni alpinistiche, Memorie, Biografie, Avventure, Oblige, Everest, Ottomila, Nepal, Pakistan, Vetta, Cime, Montagna, Ossigeno, Stile Alpino, Pareti, 1 Testimonianze, Vita all'aperto, Imprese, Eroismo, Stragi, Hillary, Mallory, Messner, Conductor Bonatti, Destino, Ogre, Clergyman scalatrici, Bibliografia, Asia.
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1950 French Annapurna expedition
First ascent by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal
The 1950 French Annapurna expedition, led by Maurice Herzog, reached the summit of Annapurna I at 8,091 metres (26,545 ft), the highest peak in the Annapurna Massif. The mountain is in Nepal and the government had given permission for the expedition, the first time it had permitted mountaineering in over a century. After failing to climb Dhaulagiri I at 8,167 metres (26,795 ft), the higher peak nearby to the west, the team attempted Annapurna with Herzog and Louis Lachenal, reaching the summit on 3 June 1950. It was only with considerable help from their team that they were able to return alive, though with severe injuries following frostbite.
Annapurna became the highest mountain to have been ascended to its summit, exceeding that achieved by the 1936 expedition to Nanda Devi, and the mountain was the first eight-thousander to be climbed. The feat was a great achievement for French mountaineering and caught the public imagination with front-page coverage in a best-selling issue of Paris Match. Herzog wrote a best-selling book Annapurna full of vivid descriptions of heroic endeavour and anguished suffering – but which much later was criticised for being too self-serving.
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Maurice Herzog’s Tale of the First Annapurna Ascent
5 Jul 2023 5 min to read
Maurice Herzog’s tale of the first Annapurna Ascent is dreamlike and no less than an adventurous tale. Westerners rarely visited Nepal during Maurice Herzog’s ascent of the Himalayas. The Nepalese villagers were unfamiliar with fair-skinned individuals and were highly curious. Approaching closely with curiosity, the villagers eagerly touched Maurice Herzog and his companions, fascinated by their fair complexions. Each village they reached was filled with excitement, exclaiming. While some observed from a distance with caution, the villagers warmly welcomed the adventurers, greeting them with folded hands.
Herzog reminisces about the stark contrast between past and present Nepal as if they were two distinct nations. Westerners had little understanding of Nepal’s geography and essence, with no visa requirements or strict regulations for Himalayan expeditions. The issuance of permits by King Mahendra served as the sole authority for mountaineering, granting access to the kingdom’s mountains.
Initially targeting Mount Everest, Herzog, and his team shifted their attention to Mount Annapurna due to the British climbers’ repeated attempts to conquer Everest. In 1950, they victoriously reached t