Annapurna: A Woman's Place by Maurice Herzog, Arlene Blum

Annapurna: A Woman's Place

Maurice Herzog, Arlene Blum

272 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction travel adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
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In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the first Americans—and the first women—to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world’s tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here ...

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Moods

adventurous 100%
inspiring 70%
informative 58%
reflective 47%
emotional 41%
challenging 35%
sad 35%
tense 35%
hopeful 17%
dark 11%

Pace

medium 73%
slow 26%

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