Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #121199 in Books
• Published on: 2001-02-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 223 pages

The Times, February 17, 2000
A gripping read

Climbing magazine 2002
Venables offers excellent and detailed historical background, whilst weaving a compelling narrative.

High Magazine 2000
One of the msot reflective, well-crafted, self-aware expedition books you're likely to read.

Customer Reviews

A BOOK WORTH MORE THAN THE TIME IT TAKES TO READ IT.
Stephen Venables latest offering, A Slender Thread - Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya is a truly brilliant book. It offers the reader all the elements of an exciting novel, adventure, disaster, courage, love, fear and more besides. This is of course not the point however, as it is not a work of fiction. This realisation takes it to an entirely different level of appreciation. Venables writes with a passion for the life which he has chosen, and makes it possible for those of us mere mortals who aspire to great heights to see a little more clearly into the world of mountaineering. The book unfolds the story at a tantalizing pace, and an all-star cast makes the readability for anyone with an interest in this subject immense. Names synonymous with the world of mountaineering, Harish Kapadia and Chris Bonington lead an expedition to Panch Chuli V, on the borders of Tibet, Nepal and India. This exploration becomes a feat of both mental as well as physical strength as the worst happens; an accident at high altitude. Reading this book is an unmissable insight into an often misunderstood and harshly portrayed community of people.

Gripping, even for the non-mountaineer
A gripping and moving read, fascinating even for the non-mountaineer