num_pages: 237
description: 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.
language: English
title: A Slender Thread:  Escaping Disaster In The Himalaya
publisher: ARROW (RAND)