1950 French Annapurna expedition
FIRST ASCENT OF AN 8,000-METRE PEAK
French Himalayan Expedition 1950; L'expédition himalayenne française de 1950; L'expedition himalayenne francaise de 1950; Herzog and Lachenal's ascent of Annapurna
The 1950 French Annapurna expedition, led by Maurice Herzog, reached the summit of Annapurna I at , 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.