Stephen Venables recounts a gripping tale of near disaster on Panch Chuli V.
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 few photos.
By Stephen Venables.
Card cover, 20cm x 13cm, 208 pages.
First published 2000. This edition 2001.
ISBN: 978-0-09-927906-8.