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Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
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Maurice Herzog
French mountaineer and politician
Maurice André Raymond Herzog was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal. Upon his return, he wrote a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Louis Lachenal
20th-century French mountain climber
Louis Lachenal, a French climber born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, was one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters. On 3 June 1950 on the 1950 French Annapurna expedition, along with Maurice Herzog, he reached the summit of Annapurna I in Nepal at a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1950 French Annapurna expedition
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Mountain peaks of over 8,000 meters
The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains recognized by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) with summits that are 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level and are sufficiently independent of neighbouring peaks. There is no agreed definition of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)