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by Eric Newby (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (4 Dec 1981)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330266233
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330266239
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 84,654 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #11 in  Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Asia > Afghanistan
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'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush , the 1958 book that made his reputation, is typically ironic in its understatement.'
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'Newby is easily the best of the bunch and was the subject of the first programme.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for those with any interest in the outdoors, 22 Nov 2000
By A Customer
This book describes an incredible story about a climbing trip to the remote Hindu Kush. Their preparation for the climb consisted of a weekend under the instruction of a pub waitress in North Wales. Along the way (driving by clapped out car from London to Afghanistan) they have numerous adventures including being arrested for running over and killing a nomadic herdsman. They had actually stopped to help him!

Most people will go through life never experiencing an adventure of this magnitude but for Eric Newby this is just one of several. Newby's other books include "Love and War in the Appennines" and "The Last Grain Race" both of which I thought were excellent.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Newby's best travel book, 23 Oct 2000
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This review is from: A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Audio Cassette)
It has to be said that "Short Walk..." is the best of Newby's travel books. I certainly think it should go down as a classic. Newby's books always have a very readable and charming style. You can't help but enjoy his books, especially this one.

"Short Walk..." is enjoyable because it's very down-to-earth. They go and climb this mountain in the middle of nowhere just because it's there. They don't do it for fame or fortune, the two of them just simply have a yearning for adventure. This whole amateurishness of the escapade makes it a delight to read... I loved it and would highly recommend it.
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Travels and travails in the remote Country of Light, 22 Mar 2001
Eric Newby's account of his trip to the Hindu Kush is a book both daunting and delightful. He makes light of the incompetence and ignorance of both himself and his companion in the realm of climbing and exploring. Yet what they achieve is nothing short of remarkable, given their level of amateurishness. Perhaps a more experienced team would have sensibly given up in the face of hunger, illness and cold. Messrs. Newby and Carless soldier on and the account, understandably slightly incoherent, is both funny, self-deprecating and very, very readable. Their account of a chance meeting with the famous explorer Wilfred Thesiger is recounted, far less humorously, by the great man in one of his recent books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A short walk in the Hindu Kush
Eric Newby at his best. A great mixture of information, humour, honesty, observation and sympathetically described characters. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Steve Turner

4.0 out of 5 stars The Past we Never Had ?
At first blush "A Short Walk ..." should be fundamentally offensive "little England" 50s propaganda, the sort of thing your Dad might like, the (too) near end of the tail end of... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ewan Steel

5.0 out of 5 stars A surprisingly funny read
I bought this as when I was desperate for something to read and was not expecting much more than a tale of post-war mountaineering expeditions. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr M I Weaver

5.0 out of 5 stars Go for a walk with Eric - you'll love it!
Very amusing and informative about a world which doesn't really exist anymore.Things have changed politically a lot since Eric Newby wrote this book but read it - it's a joy!
Published 5 months ago by S. Thompson

3.0 out of 5 stars A very English Adventure
A very readable account of two amateur mountaineers (their training comprised of a weekend of instruction in Snowdonia) as they set of to conquer the lofty peaks of Mir Samir in... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. H. F. Murden

5.0 out of 5 stars A real adventure story to enjoy
This incredible story dates back to 1956, when two very English gentlemen decided on a whim to go into one of the most inaccessible corners of the planet. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Lazy Lee

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Travel Book of All
From the pathetically inadequate preparations to the cooking of Eric Newby`s watch to the meeting with Thesiger... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Penny Turner

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, light hearted, down to Earth - but not frivolous.
As per the other user reviews, this tells the story of a trip to the Hindu Kush taken in 1956 - apparently on no more than a whim. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2006 by C. Foster

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hindu Kush and the British Upper Classes
this book was written years ago, before tourism was common. the travellers are completely clueless and ill-equipped - compare them to Dervla Murphy on the same area - and... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2005 by P. Miller

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