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"I begged death to free me." He paid dearly for the first ascent of an eight-thousander

On June 3, 1950, Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal made history by becoming the first climbers to reach the summit of Annapurna, an achievement that came at a grave cost during their fight for survival against the approaching monsoon.

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