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'''Maurice André Raymond Herzog''' (15 January 1919{{spnd}}13 December 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ledauphine.com/france-monde/2012/12/14/mort-dfe-maurice-herzog |title=Maurice Herzog, la mort d'un héros d'après-guerre aux versants contrastés |publisher=Le Dauphiné Libéré |date=13 December 2012 |access-date=14 December 2012}}</ref><ref>
==Ascent of Annapurna I:
==a historic exploit== {{main|1950 French Annapurna expedition}}
On 3 June 1950, Herzog and [[Louis Lachenal]] became the first climbers in modern history to climb [[Eight-thousander|a peak over 8000m]] when, on the 1950 French Annapurna expedition, they summited the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] mountain [[Annapurna]] I, the 10th-highest mountain in the world.<ref name=":0" /> The ascent was all the more remarkable because the peak was explored, reconnoitered and climbed all within one season; and was climbed without the use of supplemental oxygen. It is also the only 8000 meter summit that was reached at the first attempt. Herzog was awarded the 1950 [[Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations|Gold Medal]] of the [[Société de Géographie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socgeo.org/grande-medaille-dor-des-explorations-et-voyages-de-decouverte/ |title=GRANDE MÉDAILLE D'OR DES EXPLORATIONS ET VOYAGES DE DÉCOUVERTE (in French) |publisher=Société de géographie |access-date=1 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206004240/http://www.socgeo.org/grande-medaille-dor-des-explorations-et-voyages-de-decouverte/ |archive-date=6 December 2014 }}</ref>
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