Quotes from Maurice Herzog

Together we knew toil, joy and pain. My fervent wish is that the nine of us who were united in face of death should remain fraternally united through life.

'Annapurna' is a sort of novel. It's a novel, but a true novel.

In overstepping our limitations, in touching the extreme boundaries of man's world, we have come to know something of its true splendor.

Annapurna, to which we had gone emptyhanded, was a treasure on which we should live the rest of our days. With this realization we turn the page: a new life begins. There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men.

The mountains had bestowed on us their beauties, and we adored them with a child's simplicity and revered them with a monk's veneration of the divine. Annapurna

But that is exploration: a great deal of hesitation, doubt, error, and then, quite suddenly, a discovery.

There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men.

But like everything else in India, the problem would be solved, provided there was no hurry.

Nevertheless, as Terray declared later, nothing would ever equal those first desperate days when he put forth every ounce of his courage, strength and resolution.

Yes! A fierce and savage wind tore at us. We were on top of Annapurna! 8,075 meters, 26,493 feet.

A glacier is like a river; the level places where it spreads out tranquilly are followed by turbulent falls.