![]() ![]() There is illness to one degree or another, the food supply proves inadequate, and the logistics of transporting supplies and equipment hang heavy over the enterprise, as does the willingness of the porters and, later, Sherpas to cooperate. ![]() Almost from the outset, the team is plagued by ubiquitous expeditionary problems. Following this come the farewells to friends and loved ones and then the long, anticipatory flight from San Francisco to Kathmandu-the transposition from the reality of everyday life to the reality of life at an expeditionary level.įrom Kathmandu, where final arrangements are made, the expedition then proceeds towards its objective, Annapurna I. One is taken first through the preliminaries of expedition organization: the selection of team members, planning and fund raising. ![]() It can be read as the story of a mountaineering expedition with all its concomitant trials and trib- illations or as an account of a women’s expedition which was organized to give women the opportunity to demonstrate their ability in the high mountains. ![]() This account of the 1978 American Women’s Himalayan Expedition to Annapurna I is actually two books in one. 256 pages, black-and-white and color photos, maps, bibliography. Annapurna-A Woman’s Place, by Arlene Blum. ![]()
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