A Slender Thread Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya

Venables, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0091801273 ISBN 13: 9780091801274

Published by Hutchinson, 2000

Language: English

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First edn, Hutchinson, London, 2000. 8vo, xv, 208p. Colour plates & maps. Fine copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper.

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Title

A Slender Thread Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya

Publisher

Hutchinson

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0091801273

ISBN 13

9780091801274

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

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Together with Chris Bonington and other distinguished British climbers, Stephen Venables was high on the unclimbed and sacred mountain of Panch Chuli when, at 1 AM on a dark Himalayan night, his abseil failed and he fell catastrophically, somersaulting from rock to rock and landing, seriously-wounded, at the end of a rope suspended above a 50-degree icefield. This is the story of his arduous and almost miraculous survival, and of the brilliant, committed teamwork which brought him to safety.

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Stephen Venables is the first and only Englishman to have climbed a famous new route on Everest, and without oxygen. This expedition was the pinnacle of a distinguished and risky Himalayan career. He is the author of Painted Mountains, (winner of the Boardman-Tasker Prize); Everest: Kanshung Face; and Himalayas Alpine-Style (with Andy Fanshawe).

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