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Bookmark or Share- Maurice Herzog - WikipediaMaurice André Raymond Herzog (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis ɑ̃dʁe ʁemɔ̃ ɛʁzɔɡ]; 15 January 1919 – 13 December 2012) [1] [2] [3] was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France.
- Maurice Herzog, first to summit 8,000-meter peak, dies at 93Maurice Herzog, a celebrated French mountaineer who was the first person to reach the top of an 8,000-meter peak, died early Friday in France, the French presidential palace announced. He was 93.
- 1950 French Annapurna expedition - WikipediaThe 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.
- Maurice Herzog — WikipédiaMaurice Herzog, né à Lyon le 15 janvier 1919 et mort le 13 décembre 2012 à Neuilly-sur-Seine [1], est un alpiniste et un homme politique français. Chef désigné de l'expédition française à l'Annapurna, en 1950, il a notamment conquis avec Louis Lachenal ce sommet de plus de 8 000 mètres d'altitude, une première mondiale.
- Maurice Herzog, first man to climb Annapurna, dies at 93Six decades after his 1950 Annapurna climb made Maurice Herzog a household name, the famed French mountaineer died Friday at age 93.
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