Annapurna

I asked the personnel in Kathmandu's Pilgrim bookhouse to give me a book for my 12 day Everest Base Camp trek. A book which has the story of an expedition to a big Himalayan peak, a story which is well written and tells me about the realities of an expedition. A story which dives deep into the difficulty of the summits, and explains both the physical and mental limits that man faces.

After I ended my long explanation of what I wanted, a man showed me this book and said “This is the story of the first successful expedition of an 8000m peak, which happened before Everest. This is a story from 1950, by the expedition leader himself. You'll like it”.

And oh boy, did I like it? I loved it!

PS. I'd give 4.5 stars if I could as it got complicated in the start, identifying the people but the benefit of doubt for the brave team and the fact it was more than 70 years ago.