It was 14:00 on June 3, 1950 when Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal set foot on the summit of Annapurna: for the first time ever, an 8000m peak had been climbed. This historic date marked an immense ...

Two avalanches cascaded down Annapurna hitting an Italian mountaineer and five Sherpas, which ended their winter expedition.

In 1950, a French expedition led by Maurice Herzog went to central Nepal to conquer the highest peak (8,091 meters): Annapurna. The film is not only made of what we see, but even more of what we ...

Their ascent was chronicled in Herzog’s bestselling book Annapurna, inspiring generations of future climbers. (Related Article) John Waechter reached the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 ft.) ...

On June 3, Herzog and Lachenal summited Annapurna I without supplemental oxygen and became the first alpinists in history to climb an 8,000’er. Lachenal was about to give up during the push but ...

Their ascent was chronicled in Herzog’s bestselling book Annapurna, inspiring generations of future climbers. (Related Article) ...