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A review by ashimgarg
Annapurna by Maurice Herzog
4.0
I asked the personnel in Kathmandu's Pilgrim bookhouse to give me a book for my 12 day Everest Base Camp trek. A book which has the story of an expedition to a big Himalayan peak, a story which is well written and tells me about the realities of an expedition. A story which dives deep into the difficulty of the summits, and explains both the physical and mental limits that man faces.
After I ended my long explanation of what I wanted, a man showed me this book and said "This is the story of the first successful expedition of an 8000m peak, which happened before Everest. This is a story from 1950, by the expedition leader himself. You'll like it".
And oh boy, did I like it? I loved it!
PS. I'd give 4.5 stars if I could as it got complicated in the start, identifying the people but the benefit of doubt for the brave team and the fact it was more than 70 years ago.
After I ended my long explanation of what I wanted, a man showed me this book and said "This is the story of the first successful expedition of an 8000m peak, which happened before Everest. This is a story from 1950, by the expedition leader himself. You'll like it".
And oh boy, did I like it? I loved it!
PS. I'd give 4.5 stars if I could as it got complicated in the start, identifying the people but the benefit of doubt for the brave team and the fact it was more than 70 years ago.