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 A Slender Thread - Stephen Venables
 A Slender Thread - Stephen Venables ... Himalayas in 1992, a part of a British-Indian team.Newest Review: ... a result of hunger and tiredness, tempers were frayed, and Venables' writing clearly describes the frictions within the ... more ... group. Without Bonington (he abandoned before the final climb), the four remaining climbers reached the summit of Panch Chuli V, in the mid-afternoon. The descent required many abseils, and because of a limited stock of ice tools, the final man on each abseil had to go without the safety of extra anchors - but if three had already gone down without the main anchor coming loose, surely it would be safe for the fourth to go without the back-ups. With about 200 metres left to descend until they were back with Bonintgon...more |
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A Slender Thread - Stephen Venables: Essential Reading (1776 words)
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"I turned to Victor and mumbled stiffly through frozen lips, 'I'm glad that we made the effort ... that we actually managed to climb this mountain.' 'We're not down yet.' " This brief conversation between Stephen Venables and his team-mate Victor Saunders sums up the whole book, as well as the whole aspect of mountaineering. A Slender Thread is Venables' personal account of his part in the Indo-British Panch Chuli expedition in 1992, which so nearly killed him as he fell 300 feet while abseiling on the descent. As that quote so clearly outlines, reaching the summit is only half of the journey. I'm not ... Read the complete review
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