In 1970, Chris Bonington and his now-legendary team of mountaineers were the first climbers to tackle a big wall at extreme altitude.
One could also argue that all that has happened in the big mountains in the past 30 years has come out of this exp.
As serious armchair climbers will tell you, Annapurna South Face is better than all but a handful of equally gripping classics. summit.
Their target was the South Face of Nepal\'s Annapurna: 12,000 feet of steep rock and ice leading to a 26, 454-ft.
In 1970, Chris Bonington and his now-legendary team of mountaineers were the first climbers to tackle a big wall at extreme altitude