Annapurna by Maurice HerzogMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
EXTEMELY GRIPPING READ... BEST MOUNTAINEERING BOOK
The expedition of 8 French people, started to conquer 2 "Eight THousander" - Dhaulagiri and Annapurna.
The first half of the book deals with the ridges and reconnaissance in search for the route to summit of DHAULAGIRI. After a lot of effort and time, they will learn that DHAULAGIRI is inaccesible...
Now the quest to the summit of ANNAPURNA starts. 3 ridges (routes) to the summit are proved fatal and dangerous. But at last one ridge is discovered by one party of reconnaissance.
Finally 2 out of 8 members - Herzog and Lachenal - make it to summit in worst conditions with their limbs forst-bitten.
Finally, ANNPURNA is conquered. But it is not over yet, they are very far and about 8000 meters away form the civilization. The descent was so horrifying with frost-bitten limbs and lack of proper treatment...
ONE WORD DESCRIPTION : Gripping
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