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Renowned French Alpinists Louis Lachenal, left, and Maurice Herzog, right, who climbed to the summit of Annapurna Mountain (above 5,000 feet) in Nepal, talk with President Vincent Auriol's grandsons when they were received at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Oct. 25, 1960. Their feet and one of Herzog's hands are still under treatment for frostbite. The youngsters are left to right are: Pierre Kosciusko, son of the president's chief of cabinet of the palace; Jean Claude Auriol and Jean Paul Auriol. (KEYSTONE/AP)