1950 French Annapurna expedition

When

3 Jun 1950

Kind

Event

Coordinates

28.60° N, 83.83° E

Description

Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, of the French Annapurna expedition, become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.

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First ascent by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal

The 1950 French Annapurna expedition, led by Maurice Herzog, reached the summit of Annapurna I at 8,091 metres (26,545 ft), the highest peak in the Annapurna Massif. The mountain is in Nepal and the government had given permission for the expedition, the first time it had permitted mountaineering in over a century.

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