Janet Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby The Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 One of my absolute, utter, favourite books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 I'm quite embarrassed that I'd never heard of him before I got this book! He's written quite a few others - have you read any of those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I've read a couple of others. Both nice travel writing, but neither as entertaining or as engaging or as funny or as memorable as Short Walk... Apparently the Italian ones are well worth reading. But I just love the spontaneity and the stupidity of what they do in this book. The ludicrous idea of training in Snowdonia to climb, and of trying to get to one of the most remote parts of one of the most hard-to-access countries on the planet, without really having a clue what they're doing. I absolutely love that they bump into Thesiger, with all his porters. It's all so random and inept, and that's really what I find great about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 I agree - I can't imagine anyone setting out on an expedition so unprepared these days! And it has one of the best last lines of a book that I've ever read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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