Annapurna: First 8000m Peak Climbed – Herzog’s Triumph & Frozen Nightmare

In 1950, a small French team became the first humans to summit an 8,000-meter peak when Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal stood atop Annapurna, three years before Everest was conquered. Their victory came at a brutal cost: severe frostbite claimed fingers and toes, turning triumph into a desperate fight for survival on the descent.