Annapurna: A Woman's Place

An acknowledged classic in the annals of women's achievements—a story of challenge, commitment, and tragedy told with passion, humor, and unflinching honesty

In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the first Americans—and the first women—to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world's tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; th...