Travel Reference
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By 1998, Herzog's memory has restructured this speech, with a significant shift in
pronoun. In
L'Autre Annapurna,
he says, “I bring you the victory.”
“Bravo!” cheer his teammates.
“But my feet and hands are frozen!”
Herzog witnessed Terray's halting approach to Camp II. “He was blind, and clung
to Ang-Tharkey as he walked. He had a huge beard and his face was distorted by pain
into a dreadful grin.” Then Lachenal: “From a distance it looked as though he was ped-
aling along in the air, for he threw his legs out in front in a most disordered way. His
head lolled backwards and was covered with a bandage.”
That evening, Lachenal closed his diary entry with a simple formula: “Our lives are
saved. Thank you, my God.” With only an easy walk down to Camp I ahead of them,
the team was effectively off the mountain. Their ordeal, however, had just begun.
