Book Review: A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush By Eric Newby

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1512364538333","data":"I've always loved self-depreciating humour. Not only does it serve as an excellent cover for one's insecurities, it also is a fantastic way of laughing at yourself and learning to take things in your stride, so that you may pick yourself up and try again. Like, if by some miracle I manage to do something great with my life and have to pen an autobiography, that is how I'd want mine to be, self-depreciating, humorous and more importantly, not a guidebook for some MBA student to read my life story and go, 'Ah yes, this makes perfect sense, this is exactly what I'll do', while completely ignoring the fact that the only reason I would hypothetically highlight something and make fun of it is to say 'Don't do this, you dolts!' <\/p>Now that we've gone off on this tangent, the reason we're here is that Eric Newby has inspired me. It isn't every day that you come across a book you like so much that you decide to learn how to write like how the author writes, yet as you flip through the pages of A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush, you cannot help but laugh at how the story is told. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1512365573052","data":"5a2512b1eaa98"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1512365575070","data":"A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush is considered one of the best books about mountaineering ever written. The twist in the story is that Newby was a newbie when he wrote this book. He had never climbed a mountain before in his life, picked a completely random mountain in Afghanistan to climb and then went on to write a hilarious account of his journey that soon became legend. I only discovered this book due to my recent obsession with mountains, looking up accounts of mountain ascents to read. <\/p>Published in 1956, the book baffled critics and seasoned mountaineers alike because of how hilarious it was and went on to baffle younger mountaineers a generation and generations later because it wasn't easy to comprehend that a man with no experience of climbing wrote such a hilariously accurate account of what goes down when you're looking up at the peak. But I think I have an answer to this and I'm quite sure that there are plenty of others who arrive at similar conclusions once they finish reading the book. <\/p>It's because Newby is, to put it mildly, extremely relatable. Climbing a mountain is something a vast majority of us will never do in our entire lives but along comes a guy from England, all posh and stuff, saying he will conquer an obscure peak in Afghanistan for no reason except for the fact that it hadn't been done yet. He observes the climbing process like how a normal person would and hilarity ensues. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1512378935003","data":"5a2512d3005ce"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1512365748370","data":"A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush is one part buddy comedy, with Newby and his Diplomat friend Hugh Carless - who, despite his name, was a very meticulous person - attempting to take on the Mir Samir, the then unconquered peak in the ranges of the Hindu Kush. It is one part thriller, with Newby and Carless's thrills to get to the mountain in the first place but at the end of the day, it is an all-around adventure novel that will leave you roaring for more. <\/p>As for whether the pair made their climb or not, I'd much rather you read it and found out, trust me when I say this, it is definitely one of the best books you'll ever read. <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kkeoqy\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to buy! <\/a><\/p>"}]

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