Annapurna, Nepal - Mountain - South & sanctuary - postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  Mopunt Annapurna South and Sanctuary
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Annapurna (Sanskrit, Nepali, Nepal Bhasa: ?????????) is a section of the Himalayas in north-central Nepal that includes 8,091 m (26,545 ft) Annapurna I, thirteen additional peaks over 7,000 m (22,970 ft) and 16 more over 6,000 m (19,690 ft).^[3] This section is a 55 km-long (34 mi-long) massif bounded by the Kali Gandaki Gorge on the west, the Marshyangdi River on the north and east, and Pokhara Valley on the south. Annapurna I is tenth among Earth's fourteen eight-thousanders. 8167 metre Dhaulagiri I rises 34 km to the west across the Kali Gandaki Gorge, considered Earth's deepest canyon.

Annapurna is a Sanskrit name which literally means ""full of food"" (feminine form), but is normally translated as Goddess of the Harvests. In Hinduism, Annapurna is ""... the universal and timeless kitchen-goddess ... the mother who feeds. Without her there is starvation, a universal fear: This makes Annapurna a universal goddess ... Her most popular shrine is located in Kashi, on the banks of the river Ganga."" Her association with the giving of food (wealth) led her in time to be transformed into Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth.^[4]

The entire massif and surrounding area are protected within the 7,629 km² Annapurna Conservation Area, the first and largest conservation area in Nepal. The Annapurna Conservation Area is home to several world-class treks, including the Annapurna Circuit.

The Annapurna peaks are among the world's most dangerous mountains to climb, although in more recent history, using figures from only 1990 and after, Kangchenjunga has a higher fatality rate.^[5] As of March of 2012, there had been 191 summit ascents of Annapurna I, and 61 climbing fatalities on the mountain.^[6] This fatality-to-summit ratio (32%) is the highest of any of the eight-thousanders. In particular, the ascent via the south face is considered, by some, the most difficult of all climbs.

Annapurna I was the first 8,000-metre (26,200 ft) peak to be climbed.^[6] Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, of a French expedition led by Maurice Herzog (including Lionel Terray, Gaston Rébuffat, Marcel Ichac, Jean Couzy, Marcel Schatz, Jacques Oudot, Francis de Noyelle), reached the summit on 3 June 1950.^[7] (See the documentary of the expedition ""Victoire sur l'Annapurna"" by Marcel Ichac). Its summit was the highest summit attained on Earth for three years, until the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. (However, higher non-summit points—at least 8,500 metres (27,900 ft)—had already been attained on Everest in the 1920s.)

The south face of Annapurna was first climbed in 1970 by Don Whillans and Dougal Haston, members of a British expedition led by Chris Bonington which included the alpinist Ian Clough, who was killed by a falling serac during the descent. They were, however, beaten to the second ascent of Annapurna by a matter of days by a British Army expedition led by Henry Day.

In 1978, the American Women's Himalayan Expedition, a team led by Arlene Blum, became the first United States team to climb Annapurna I. The first summit team, comprising Vera Komarkova and Irene Miller and Sherpas Mingma Tsering and Chewang Ringjing, reached the top at 3:30 p.m. on October 15, 1978. The second summit team, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz and Vera Watson, died during this climb.^[8]

On 3 February 1987, Polish climbers Jerzy Kukuczka and Artur Hajzer made the first winter ascent of Annapurna I.^[9]

The first solo ascent of the south face was made in October 2007 by Slovenian climber Tomaž Humar;^{[10][11][12][13]} he climbed to the Roc Noir and then to Annapurna East (8,047m).^[14]

On 8 and 9 October 2013 Swiss climber Ueli Steck soloed the Lafaille route^[14] on the main and highest part of the face;^[15] this was his third attempt on the route and has been called ""one of the most impressive Himalayan climbs in history"",^[16] with Steck taking 28 hours to make the return trip from Base Camp to summit and back again.^[17]

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