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French climber Maurice Herzog dies at 93

Maurice Herzog, the French climber who conquered Annapurna in the first recorded ascent of a peak above 8,000 metres, has died at the age of 93, the French Climbing Federation said Friday. Herzog led the ascent of Annapurna in 1950, reaching the Himalayan peak’s summit without oxygen along with compatriot…