Stephen Venables
Author of Everest Kangshung Face
About the Author
Stephen Venables (born 1954) started climbing while a student at Oxford. He has made many first ascents of peaks in the Himalaya, Patagonia and elsewhere, and was the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen
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Works by Stephen Venables
Associated Works
Epics on Everest: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peak (2003) — Contributor — 32 copies
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- Canonical name
- Venables, Stephen
- Birthdate
- 1954-05-02
- Gender
- male
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- Works
- 16
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 456
- Popularity
- #53,831
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 44
- Languages
- 4
Venables book is mostly about a giant fall he took while climbing in the Himalaya. (I just put this book down a few hours ago and I honestly can't even remember where this fall took place.) He talks about a gazillion other climbs along the way and is a huge name dropper -- this is a book that will appeal to someone who dwells in climbing circles, I think, but not to an arm chair adventurer.
I've read a lot of excellent books by mountaineers who also happened to be talented writers, and this book just really paled in comparison.… (more)