Annapurna A Woman's Place

by Blum, Arlene; Herzog, Maurice

• ISBN13: 9781578050222
• ISBN10: 1578050227
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-13
• Publisher: Counterpoint

Summary

This is the 20th-anniversary edition of team leader Arlene Blum's best-selling account of the history-making 1978 ascent of Annapurna by the American Women's Himalayan Expedition. A classic story in the annals of women's achievements,Annapurnawas the first account of mountaineering triumph and tragedy to be told from a woman's perspective. A huge critical and commercial success, the original edition sold more than 65,000 copies. Updated now with a new foreword by the author to mark the 20th anniversary of the harrowing ascent, Annapurna is as timely and as riveting today as when it was first published. It is a story of challenge and commitment, told with passion, humor, and honesty.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(2)
Foreword	xi	(2)
Maurice Herzog
Acknowledgments	xiii	(4)
Introduction	xvii
1 BEGINNINGS	3	(14)
2 IMPERTURBABLE KATHMANDU	17	(18)
3 THE TREK	35	(17)
4 THE FRENCH PASS	52	(13)
5 BASE CAMP AND CAMP I	65	(17)
6 CAMP II	82	(14)
7 THE MOUNTAIN GODS	96	(13)
8 THE DUTCH RIB	109	(15)
9 STORM	124	(12)
10 AVALANCHE	136	(17)
11 SHERPA STRIKE	153	(11)
12 PLANS AND CHANGES	164	(13)
13 THE HIGHEST CAMPS	177	(12)
14 TO THE TOP	189	(10)
15 A WOMAN'S PLACE	199	(8)
16 OTHER SUMMITS	207	(15)
17 THE MEMORIAL	222	(8)
Epilogue	230	(3)
Afterword to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition	233	(6)
Bibliography	239	(6)
Index	245