Seven Years in Tibet
AUTHOR: Heinrich Harrer
ISBN: B0000CIMEX BINDING: softcover PAGES: 288
Year: 1953 Size: 112mm x 177mm x 18mm Condition: used
DESCRIPTION: Seven Years in Tibet... No european has ever before penetrated into Tibet that inaccessible land in such strange circumsdtances, or has succeeded in staying there so long. Heinrich Harrer, well-known Austrian mounaineer and Olympic ski-ing champion, eas climbing in the Himalayas when caught by the outbreak of war, and was interned by the British in India. With a companion, he escaped at his third attempt and crossed the himalayas into Tibet. After many desolate marches and strange adventures, they reached the Forbidden City of Lhasa, where they were evetually allowed to remain and earn a living. They found the traditional insularity of Tibet leavened with a new appetite for Western knowledge and ideas. Their fame quickly spread. Soon they were in great demand as advisers on many subjects of which they themselves knew little. The day came when Harrer was presented to the young Dalai Lama, the god-king; be became the boy's friend and tutor and was permitted a degree of intimacy which awed the people and worried the religious hierachy.
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