Annapurna. Il primo 8000
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Sinossi
«L'irraggiungibile bestseller della letteratura di montagna.»
La Stampa
«Leggendo questo libro, anche chi non è stato in Himalaya ha la percezione esatta della grandezza dell'impresa compiuta.»
New York Times Book Review
«Semplicemente il più grande libro di montagna mai scritto.»
Joe Simpson, autore de La morte sospesa
L'ascensione dell'Annapurna compiuta nel 1950 da un gruppo di alpinisti francesi guidati da Maurice Herzog, fu l'evento che aprì la strada alla conquista dell'Everest, la vetta più alta della terra. L'impresa è raccontata in questo classico dell'alpinismo, scritto dallo stesso Herzog, dal momento in cui venne ideata al suo compimento. E' un diario che descrive la strenua, misteriosa preparazione e quindi, fase per fase, nelle sue vittorie, nelle sue frustrazioni, nelle privazioni e nelle terribili sofferenze, la lunga scalata.
- ISBN: 8867001914
- Casa Editrice: Corbaccio
- Pagine: 320
- Data di uscita: 14-07-2016
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Well written but pretty self-aggrandizing account of the 1st summit of 8,000 m peak. On the one hand it's cool to read about how they did things 60 years ago - starting with finding the actual mountain! Since no 8,000 m peak had ever been climbed (this was 3 yrs before Hillary/Tenzing on Everest) not Leggi tutto
The name of the book accurately sums it up, but as a wise person once said, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” This journey, my friends, is a wild tale of mountaineers on a mission that is not for the faint of heart. In 1950, Maurice Herzog led a group of elite French climbers to the summi Leggi tutto
The writer or the translator described the events in this book in a way that made it not worth my time. I was astoundingly impressed with what was accomplished considering the technology they had, while smoking, but found myself scanning through pages that left a lot to be desired.
The mountaineering, to the best of my uneducated knowledge of such things, was an incredible feat. That's not what I found so great about this book - its Herzog's deadpan humour and the sense of cameraderie that brings this book to life for me. I also really enjoyed reading about how things were in
I'm torn between one star and five. Five star for the high adventure, one star for how the the expedition team treated the locals. This book gives account of 1950 French expedition to Annapurna, where they have to actually locate the mountain first before climbing it. The book itself is a page turne Leggi tutto
I love mountaineering and this is the king of mountaineering books. The story of the first 8000 meter mountain to be climbed. The first to be climbed on the first try. Yet, Annapurna still remains the most difficult mountain on Earth to climb. Maurice Herzog's team of French mountaineers suffered gr Leggi tutto
This was one of the first adult books I read as a child about 60 yrs ago. I still remember how much I loved it. I have recommended it to a couple of my grandchildren as a reminder that there will be many challenges in life, most conquerable with determination.
Caution: This is going to be a long review. As pretty much summed up in the description, this is the story of the first ascent of an 8000’er peak. Back in 1950, there was no idea of climbing a peak of such a status. The maps provided by Surveyor General of India and other governmental agencies were i Leggi tutto
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