A slender thread

Venables and three companions made the first ascent of Panchu Chuli V-a remote
Himalayan peak on the borders of India, Nepal and Tibet. A rappel anchor
failed on the descent, pitching Venables into a 300-foot fall. A Slender
Thread is a spellbinding account of Venables› survival-and his intense
personal struggle to understand the risks he takes for the sake of his
insatiable passion for climbing. He comes as close to anyone to answering the
unanswerable question: Why do they do it?