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True Summit : What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna
True Summit What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna
Author: David Roberts
The first conquest ever made of an 8,000-meter peak occurred in June 1950, when a French team reached the summit of Annapurna in the Himalaya. The achievement was a source of great pride in postwar France, and the expedition leader, Maurice Herzog, became a national hero. His account of the expedition, Annapurna, remains to this day the b...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780684867571
ISBN-10: 0684867575
Publication Date: 6/3/2000
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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