A slender thread
escaping disaster in the Himalaya
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Publication
2000 - Thunder's Mouth Press and Balliett & Fitzgerald, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
59,250 words, Guess
Page Count
237 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveslenderthreadesc0000vena
- ISBN-101560252987
- ISBN-139781560252986
- Goodreads1372497
- Library of Congress Control Number00049748
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781560252986
- Open LibraryOL18520745M
Classifications
- DDC796.52/2/092
- DDCB
- LCCGV199.44.I42 P368 2000
and 2 more
- LCCGV199.44.I532 P368 2000
- LCCGV199.44.I42P368
Description
Stephen Venables and three companions made the first ascent of Panchu Chuli V—a remote Himalayan peak on the borders of India, Nepal and Tibet. A rappel anchor failed on the descent, pitching Venables into a 300-foot fall. Crashing through the black night, flung from rock to rock, he assumed that he was plunging to his death. Against all odds he survived, but was left stranded 19,000 feet above a labyrinth of glaciers and snow slopes with two broken legs, the threat of gangrene, and scant food or medical supplies. If he was to return to his wife and son waiting at home some 5000 miles away, Venables knew he had to draw on his reserve of courage and determination. The third Adrenaline Classic, *A Slender Thread* is a spellbinding account of Venables' survival—and his intense personal struggle to understand the risks he takes for the sake of his insatiable passion for climbing. He comes as close to anyone to answering the unanswerable question: Why do they do it?
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