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Annapurna A Woman’s Place

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The Dramatic Story of the First Women’s Ascent of One of the World’s Highest Peaks   by Arlene Blum   With a foreword by Maurice Herzog

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Published by Granada, 1980, 1st Edition, D/w, Nr.Fine.  The account of the 1978 American Women’s Himalayan Expedition, the first attempt by an all-women team on an 8000 metre peak.  It saw both a successful ascent, by Vera Komarkova and Irene Miller plus 2 sherpas, and the loss of the second summit assault pair, Vera Watson and the British climber Alison Chadwick, who fell to their deaths two days later.

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Weight.9 kg