A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
Author(s): Eric Newby
The view was colossal. Below us on every side mountain surged away it seemed forever; we looked down on glaciers and snow-covered peaks that perhaps no one has ever seen before, except from the air.'
Feeling restless in the world of London's high-fashion industry, Eric Newby asked a friend to accompany him on a mountain-climbing expedition in the wild and remote Hindu Kush, in north-eastern Afghanistan. And so they went - although they did stop first for four days of climbing lessons in Wales - becoming the first Englishmen to visit this spectacular region for more than half a century. Newby's frank and funny account of their expedition to what is still amongst the world's most isolated areas is one of the classics of travel writing.
General Information
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- : Lonely Planet Publications Ltd
- : Lonely Planet Publications
- : 0.268
- : 01 July 2008
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Eric Newby
- : Paperback / softback
- : 781.65
- : 255
- : illustrations
More About The Product
Readers will admire his (Newby) perseverence, intriguing personality, and outstanding descriptions.' --Library Journal, March 2002