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A Slender Thread - Stephen Venables

A Slender Thread

Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya
Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2001
Arrow Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-09-927906-8 (ISBN)
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A dramatic account, describing the mountaineering disaster on the unclimbed and sacred mountain of Panch Chuli, which so nearly ended the life of Stephen Venables, and the committed teamwork that brought him to safety.
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.

Stephen Venables is best known as the mountaineer who in 1988 became the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen - one of many pioneering expeditions around the world. He began climbing while at Oxford in the early 1970s, and has written eight books about his mountain travels, winning the Boardman Tasker Prize, the King Albert Medal and the Grand Award at Banff International Mountain Literature Festival. He has also appeared in several television documentaries and worked on two IMAX movies - appearing in Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure and writing Alps - Giants of Nature. His most recent book, Ollie, was a Sunday Times bestseller. He is President of the Alpine Club in the year of its 150th anniversary. He lives in Bath with his wife and son.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.2.2001
Zusatzinfo 16
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 170 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Reisen Reiseberichte Asien
Reisen Reiseführer Asien
ISBN-10 0-09-927906-1 / 0099279061
ISBN-13 978-0-09-927906-8 / 9780099279068
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