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ANNAPURNA, HISTORY OF A CONQUEST

Director(s): Bernard GEORGE

Writer(s): Bruno GALLET, Bernard GEORGE

Famous French mountain climber, , died on 14 Dec. 2012 aged 93. He shot to fame as the first man to climb an 8000 metre peak when he reached the summit of the in the in 1950. Accounts that came to light in recent years, though, threw shadows on his image. <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mau rice-herzog-mountaineer-who-became-one-of-the-first-two-me n-to-ascend-annapurna-8418156.html?origin=internalSearch& quot; target="_blank">Read the article in the Independent. </a>

For decades, the general public's knowledge of the Annapurna adventure was limited to Maurice Herzog's book "The First 8000 metre Peak" which sold over 10 million copies. In the last few years,though, accounts by other protagonists of the adventure - , Herzog's companion on the summit, , Sherpa Tarkey, the Rebuffat notebooks - have been published. What pushed the French, who had not participated much in the great pre-war Himalayan expeditions, to commit themselves (through the Alpine federation) in the race to conquer the first 8000 metre peak ? What motivated those who accomplished this extraordinary feat?

Categorie(s): Travel, Sport & Adventure, History & Current Affairs Tag(s): human adventure, Historical moments

Producer(s): POINT DU JOUR

Coproducer(s): INA, CANAL+

Length: 1x49 / Format: One-off Original version: French Versions available: English / French Nationality: , 1999 Rights:

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