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A Slender Thread

Escaping Disaster in the Himalayas (Adrenaline Series)

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An edition of Slender Thread (2000)

A Slender Thread

Escaping Disaster in the Himalayas (Adrenaline Series)

  • 2 Want to read

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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English
Pages
256

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Cover of: Slender Thread
Slender Thread
February 1, 2001, ARROW (RAND)
Paperback in English
Cover of: A Slender Thread
A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalayas (Adrenaline Series)
January 30, 2001, Four Walls Eight Windows
Paperback in English
Cover of: Slender Thread
Slender Thread
February 1, 2001, ARROW (RAND)
in English
Cover of: A slender thread
A slender thread: escaping disaster in the Himalaya
2000, Thunder's Mouth Press and Balliett & Fitzgerald, Distributed by Publishers Group West
in English - 1st edition.

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First Sentence

"There was something inevitable about the Panch Chuli expedition."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
256
Dimensions
8.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
Weight
15.4 ounces

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OL8615149M
Internet Archive
slenderthreadesc00vena
ISBN 10
1560252987
ISBN 13
9781560252986
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2337331
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1372497

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