Under a post about Annapurna, someone asked us, "What about reading about Dhaulagiri?". And here's the thing, Dhaulagiri is a special mountain.

Dhaulagiri could have been the first eight-thousander summited by humans. But if you've read the book "Annapurna", you learned that the reconnaissance of the Dhaulagiri ascent route was delayed due to the start of work on the Annapurna route. Although the Dhaulagiri route is certainly safer, as later statistics of unfortunate incidents showed.

So where can you read all about Dhaulagiri? Because this eight-thousander remained the last to be first ascended by an Austrian-Swiss team in 1960. The leader of that expedition, Max Eiselin, wrote and published the book "The Ascent of Dhaulagiri." It's not available in Ukrainian translation.

But you can find general features and facts about the mountain in Ukrainian in Reinhold Messner's book "Stay Alive. My 14 Eight-Thousanders". Messner provides a professional assessment of ascent attempts and tells captivating stories.

And just to keep it interesting:

  • The authoritative magazine Explorer Web considers the south wall of Dhaulagiri as "One of the last great challenges of the Himalayas."
  • This mountain is dear to us as a company. Because the photo in the Ukrainian edition of the book "Annapurna" was taken by the founders of Fram-Equipment in the Dhaulagiri advance camp.
  • There is an audiobook version of the book "Annapurna" from the publisher "Nash Format". It is available on the Abuk service, narrated by Irina Halai.
  • The photograph of the south wall of Dhaulagiri is taken from the page of the book Lhotse South Face. We are also proud to present this book as the most professional mountaineering research.

That's the tight-knit world of Ukrainian outdoor.