A Slender Thread
Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:1st Feb '01
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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 1am 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.
Venables is one of the best climbers in the world, and one of the best writers about climbing . . . Read it, but be careful. You may never be content just to climb the stairs again -- Julian Champkin * Mail on Sunday *
The plummet experienced by Venables on the descent from his successful first ascent of Panch Chuli V in the Himalayas was of the kind most feared by climbers, the failure of an abseil point, an incident which usually guarantees death . . . Venables writes with understated elegance * Observer *
Sensitive to the absurdity and honest about the selfishness, he is, more than most mountaineers, eloquent in describing the satisfactions climbing can bring . . . It is powerful, dramatic writing . . . This is one of the best mountaineering books to have been published for a long while -- Chris Woodhead * Sunday Telegraph *
One of the most successful climbers of his generation . . . outstanding . . . his best book -- Ed Douglas * Climber *
ISBN: 9780099279068
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Weight: 170g
240 pages