Synopsis After a crash course in mountaineering, Newby goes from fashion-house toady to climber of Mir Samir (19,880'), a mountain in the Hindu Kush region of northeast Afghanistan. This droll recital of his experiences, along with his equally inexperienced friend Hugh, has become a classic of travel literature.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-09-01 | | Series: | Lonely Planet Journeys Series |
| Size | | Length: | 260 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Note Eric Newby was improbably earning his living in the world of London's haute couture before he undertook his fateful trip to the wild mountains of the Hindu Kush, without any previous experience mountain climbing. This classic piece of travel literature wonderfully evokes the inhospitable but spectacularly beautiful wildernesses of Afghanistan.
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