A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya
Author(s):
Venables, Stephen
Copyright: 2000, UK
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xiv, 208, 48 color & 13 bw photos, 2 maps, appendices, blue cloth
Condition: signed, dj unclipped, fine, cloth tight, fine
The 1992 Indian-British Panch Chuli Expedition made the first ascent of Panch Chuli V (21,750’), and then met with disaster upon descent in the dark. Chris Bonington saw Venables’ headlamp plunging through the darkness and coming to a stop at 19,000’. This is Stephen’s story