A review by itseliford
Annapurna by Maurice Herzog

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This is my kind of book, It retells the story of a French expedition of the first peak climbed above 8000m. The expedition was insane in what they were able to pull off in the given era(1950). They only just managed to summit before the yearly monsoon hit. The roles that each of the climbers, sherpas, and coolies took which led to the successful summit were pretty insane. The things that they are retelling are hard to even fathom and to do all they did without modern gear is badass to put it lightly.