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A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalayas
by Venables, Stephen, and Willis, Clint (Introduction by)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1560252987
- ISBN 13
- 9781560252986
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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Da Capo Press, 2001. Softcover. Very Good. 6x0x9. Stephen Venables and three companions made the first ascent of Panchu Chuli Vâa 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' survivalâand 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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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010029293
- Title
- A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalayas
- Author
- Venables, Stephen, and Willis, Clint (Introduction by)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1560252987
- ISBN 13
- 9781560252986
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 6x0x9
- X weight
- 17 oz
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