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Annapurna


1997 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb', dies at 39

1970 British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I

1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world

1958 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb'

1950 French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal

1934 John Storey Bonington, UK, mountain climber, Annapurna I in 1970


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