Family tree of Maurice HERZOG
Mountaineering, French Minister and Secretary of state (de Gaulle Government)
Born Maurice André Raymond HERZOG
French mountaineer and administrator
Born on January 15, 1919 in Lyon , France
Died on December 13, 2012 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
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On 3 June 1950, Herzog and Louis Lachenal became the first climbers in modern History to climb a peak over 8000m when they summited the Himalayan mountain Annapurna I, the 10th-highest mountain in the world. The ascent was all the more remarkable because the peak was explored, reconnoitred and climbed all within one season; and was climbed without the use of supplemental oxygen. It is also the only 8000 meter summit that was reached at the first attempt.
The event caused a huge sensation that was only matched when Everest was summited in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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The event caused a huge sensation that was only matched when Everest was summited in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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