A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya
by VENABLES, Stephen
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1560252987
- ISBN 13
- 9781560252986
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About This Item
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press/Balliett & Fitzgerald, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Trade Paperback. 1560252987 . An account of Stephen Venable's fall while climbing in the Himalayas, in which he broke both legs and lived to tell about it. One in publisher's Adrenaline Series, edited by Clint Willis. With numerous photos. --- A firm, clean, bright copy but with round sticker on spine, minor creasing to covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 237 pages .
Synopsis
Stephen Venables is the first and only Englishman to have climbed a famous new route on Everest, and without oxygen. This expedition was the pinnacle of a distinguished and risky Himalayan career. He is the author of Painted Mountains , (winner of the Boardman-Tasker Prize); Everest: Kanshung Face; and Himalayas Alpine-Style (with Andy Fanshawe).
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77348
- Title
- A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalaya
- Author
- VENABLES, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1560252987
- ISBN 13
- 9781560252986
- Publisher
- Thunder's Mouth Press/Balliett & Fitzgerald, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- 1560252987
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Outdoor Pursuits & Recreation;
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