A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush Audiobook (Free)

A vintage of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his trip through perhaps one of the most remote control and beautiful wildernesses on the planet.

It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable surviving in the chaotic family business of London haute couture. Pining for adventure, Newby delivered his friend Hugh Carless the now-famous cable – CAN YOU TRAVEL NURISTAN JUNE? – establishing in motion a legendary journey from Mayfair to Afghanistan, and the about A Brief Walk in the Hindu Kush mountains from the Hindu Kush, north-east of Kabul. Inexperienced and sick prepared (their preparations involved nothing more than some tips from a Welsh waitress), the amateurish rogues embark on a month of adventure and hardship in another of the most beautiful wildernesses on earth – a journey that adventurers with an increase of experience and feeling may never have performed. With good humour, sharpened wit and keen observation, the captivating narrative design of ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ would soon crystallise Newby’s status as one of the ideal travel writers ever.

One of the greatest travel classics from one of Britain’s best-loved travel writers, this release includes new photographs, an epilogue from Newby’s traveling friend, Hugh Carless, and a prologue from one of Newby’s greatest proponents, Evelyn Waugh.