Annapurna and Maurice Herzog

No doubt many other Fossils out there got their first introduction to the mountains by reading reading the classic ANNAPURNA, still the most widely read mountaineering tome in the world. While the exact details of the ascent and harrowing descent of the first 8000 meter peak ever climbed may be a bit disputed, there is no doubt that the stirring account, fired up my passion for alpine peaks.CLICK HERE TO READ THE OBITUARY IN THE ALPINIST.