KATHMANDU, Jan 31: FinePrint and the French Embassy in Nepal, has announced the completion of the Nepali translation of ...

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The number of trekkers on the world-renowned Annapurna Circuit hit an all-time high last year, as they all hired guides as ...

ANNAPURNA (316 pp.)—Maurice Herzog—Dutton ($5). “How wonderful life would now become! What an inconceivable experience it is to attain one’s ideal and, at the very same moment, to fulfill ...

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 ...

Annapurna I, standing at 8,091 meters (26,545 ... climbing history began with a groundbreaking achievement. In 1950, Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal of a French expedition successfully reached ...

Maurice Herzog invited Lachenal on his 1950 Himalayan ... 8,167m Dhaulagiri I or 8,091m Annapurna I. The French stuck with their 8,000m plan and had the two peaks to choose from.