True Summit: What Really Happened on Maurice Herzog's First Legendary Ascent of Annapurna
- Publisher : Constable
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : b/w illustrations, 1 map
Description:
The first conquest made of an 8000-metre peak occurred in June 1950, when a French team reached the summit of Annapurna. Maurice Herzog, the leader, became a national hero and his account of the expedition remains a best-selling mountaineering book. But the book left much unsaid, far from the solidarity portrayed by Herzog, the team was riven with dissent. This volume seeks to offer the real story of the Annapurna expedition. Drawing on interviews with friends and family of the climbers, as well as books published in France, Roberts gives the three climbers who accompanied Herzog, Lachenal, Lionel Terray and Gaston Rebuffat a long overdue recognition for their achievement.
Condition
Vg in d/w.
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