A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (24 page)
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Authors: Eric Newby
Page from the author’s manuscript: Mir Samir.
Hugh Carless in the pilgrims’ photo booth; Meshed, Iran.
Camp on the ibex trail: hard lying on shattered rock.
On Mir Samir, a steep pitch.
Crossing the Chamar Pass; Shir Muhammad with the chestnut and Badar (Baha_dar) Khan with his white.
Eric with some of the elders in Pushal. Second from the right is the ‘company promoter’.
TOP
Stone houses with timber frames, Ramgul Valley.
ABOVE
The Ramgul Valley looking south towards Lake Mundul.
LEFT
The proud owner of a prize fighting partridge in the Ramgul.
Wilfred Thesiger at sunup, Panjshir Valley.
Portrait of two failures.
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