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Annapurna) A valley in Nepal with terraced hillsides for growing rice, and the Annapurna range in the distance. The highest of the Annapurna peaks, Annapurna 1, was first climbed in 1950 by a French expedition led by Maurice Herzog. ) Windswept peak of Annapurna III in the central Himalayas, Nepal. This is the third highest peak in the Annapurna range, at 7556 m/24,790 ft. ) The Himalayan peak Annapurna, as seen from a lowland village in Nepal. The Nepalese government has designated the area around the whole Annapurna range a conservation area. Mountain 8,075 m/26,502 ft in the Himalayas, Nepal. The north face was first climbed by a French expedition (Maurice Herzog) in 1950 and the south by a British team in 1970. |
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Most first-person mountaineering books deal with the world's truly sublime heights: Everest (of course), Annapurna, K-2, and the little-known peaks of Tierra del Fuego. Then we counted five children with six letters, two with seven, one with eight, and finally Annapurna, who had the longest name with nine letters. We recommend a stay at the Hotel Annapurna and Byblos des Neiges. |
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