Heroic Conquest of the Highest Mountain - 26,463 Ft - Ever Climbed By Man. The First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak. This is a very early USA Book Club Edition, a weathered hardcover without dust jacket. Folding map is present in the back with a small tear.
This book tells the story of the successful 1950 French Expedition to Annapurna, led by Herzog and including Gaston Rebuffat, Louis Lachenal, Lionel Terray, and five more. Herzogh and Lachenal made the summit, although they suffered severe frostbite to their hands and feet.
Hardcover, 316 pages with numerous full-page photographic plates.
