# A Slender Thread

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- Authors: [Stephen Venables](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-venables)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2001-02-01

## 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.

## Editions

### A Slender Thread

- Publisher: arrow
- ISBN: 978-00-9927-906-8
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2001-02-01
- Language: en_GB