[Download pdf] A slender thread: Escaping disaster in the Himalaya
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| #4739901 in Books | 2000 | Format: Import | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | File Name: 0091801273 | 223 pages
||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP...|By lawyeraau|This book is well written, but much of it is decidedly dull. The author writes with all the passion of a dead fish. There are, however, some interesting passages about the history of a remote section of the Himalayas known as the Pancha Chuli massif which are actually five peaks close to India's border with western Nepal. It||A gripping story. -- The Times, February 17, 2000
One of the most reflective, well-crafted, self-aware expedition books you're likely to read ... by a talented writer. -- High magazine, May 2000
Powerful, dramatic writing.
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... [PDF.fw73] A slender thread: Escaping disaster in the Himalaya Rating: 4.69 (662 Votes)
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