For us the mountains had been a natural field of activity where, playing on the frontiers of life and death, we had found the freedom for which we we…

- Maurice Herzog

In overstepping our limitations, in touching the extreme boundaries of man's world, we have come to know something of its true splendor.

- Maurice Herzog

The mountains were there and so was I.

- Maurice Herzog

Together we knew toil, joy and pain. My fervent wish is that the nine of us who were united in face of death should remain fraternally united through…

- Maurice Herzog