<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Herzog" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maurice Herzog">Herzog</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Lachenal" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Louis Lachenal">Lachenal</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_French_Annapurna_expedition" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1950 French Annapurna expedition">French Annapurna expedition</a> become the first climbers to reach the summit of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eight-thousander">8,000-metre</a> peak.