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Physical description; xiv, 208p., [16]p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Venables, Stephen 1954. Mountaineers - Great Britain - Biography. Mountaineering accidents - Himalaya Mountains.
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Praise from one's peers is always welcome. I would like to quote from two specialist reviews. The philosopher José Bermudez wrote in the Alpine Journal: 'A Slender Thread is certainly one of the best expedition books I have read for some time. It is well paced, wittily written and hard to put down. Readers of Venables's earlier books will not be disappointed. The best part ... comes when Venables sets aside the self-deprecating and inward-looking house style of the British mountaineering establishment and shifts into a more reflective and self-examining mode.'
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On the other side of the pond, in the American Alpine Journal, Andrew Stevenson wrote: 'In many ways this book speaks to the aspects of climbing that I value, more so than those espoused in other climbing naratives, which of late seem to require some desperate sensational scheme or tragedy. Here we have, as Bob Bates said so well in the title of his book, "Mystery, Beauty, Danger". Added to the mix are capable companions and a little luck and humility. What more could one want from a book or a climb?'
A gripping story. -- The Times, February 17, 2000
One of the most reflective, well-crafted, self-aware expedition books you're likely to read ... by a talented writer. -- High magazine, May 2000
Powerful, dramatic writing. This is one of the best mountaineering books to have been published for a long while. -- Sunday Telegraph, March 2, 2000
Venables writes with elegance, conjuring up vividly and honestly his companions, [with] an acute awareness of the environment through which he travels. -- Observer books review, January 16, 2000
One of the most reflective, well-crafted, self-aware expedition books you're likely to read ... by a talented writer. -- High magazine, May 2000
Powerful, dramatic writing. This is one of the best mountaineering books to have been published for a long while. -- Sunday Telegraph, March 2, 2000
Venables writes with elegance, conjuring up vividly and honestly his companions, [with] an acute awareness of the environment through which he travels. -- Observer books review, January 16, 2000
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- PublisherHutchinson
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0091801273
- ISBN 13 9780091801274
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages223
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