Novices on the Milestone Buttress, Snowdonia, May 1956.
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 (Bahādar) Khan with his white.
Eric with some of the elders in Pushal. Second from the right is the ‘company promoter’.
Younger men in Pushal.
Stone houses with timber frames, Ramgul Valley.
The Ramgul Valley looking south towards Lake Mundul.
The proud owner of a prize fighting partridge in the Ramgul.
Wilfred Thesiger at sunup, Panjshir Valley.
Portrait of two failures.