One of Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time: A gripping firsthand account of one of the most daring climbing expeditions in history.

#1 New York Times Bestseller

Annapurna I is the name given to the 8,100-meter mountain that ranks among the most forbidding in the Himalayan chain. Dangerous not just for its extreme height but for a long and treacherous approach, its summit proved unreachable until 1950, when a group of French mountaineers made a mad dash for its peak. They became the first men to accomplish the feat, doing so without oxygen tanks or any of the modern equipment that contemporary climbers use. The adventure nearly cost them their lives.

Maurice Herzog dictated this firsthand account of the remarkable trek from a hospital bed as he recovered from injuries sustained during the climb. An instant bestseller, it remains one of the most famous mountaineering books of all time, and an enduring testament to the power of the human spirit.

• We started tracking this book on January 24, 2012.
• This book was $9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 238 times in the past 4,469 days.
• The current price of this book is $11.99 last checked 23 hours ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $2.99.
• The lowest price to date was $0.99 last reached on December 29, 2017.
• This book has been $0.99 2 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $17.99 last reached on November 1, 2023.
• This book has been $17.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• Sports & OutdoorsMountaineering
• Biographies & MemoirsTravel
• Biographies & MemoirsBiographiesAdventurers & Explorers
• Sports & Outdoors

• Publication Date: July 26, 2011
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 321 Pages
• File Size: 2,590 KB