A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya - Couverture souple

Venables, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099279061 ISBN 13 : 9780099279068

Editeur : Arrow, 2001

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Stephen Venables is best known as the mountaineer who in 1988 became the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen - one of many pioneering expeditions around the world. He began climbing while at Oxford in the early 1970s, and has written eight books about his mountain travels, winning the Boardman Tasker Prize, the King Albert Medal and the Grand Award at Banff International Mountain Literature Festival. He has also appeared in several television documentaries and worked on two IMAX movies - appearing in Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure and writing Alps - Giants of Nature. His most recent book, Ollie, was a Sunday Times bestseller. He is President of the Alpine Club in the year of its 150th anniversary. He lives in Bath with his wife and son.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099279061
• ISBN 13: 9780099279068
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 237
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible