{"product_id":"beyond-seven-years-in-tibet-my-life-before-during-and-after-9781921196003","title":"Beyond Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before  During and After","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe full autobiography of one of the worlds most well known adventurers. Heinrich Harrer  traveller  explorer and mountaineer led one of the most extraordinary lives of the twentieth century. He famously spent Seven Years in Tibet (published in 1953 and made into the film starring Brad Pitt in 1997) and was tutor  mentor and a lifelong friend of the Dalai Lama. He made the first ascent of the notorious North Face of the Eiger (told in his book The White Spider) and summited unclimbed peaks in Alaska  the Himalaya and South America. In this dramatic autobiography he brings to life all of his adventures  from growing up in a small mountain village in Carinthia  to the early days of climbing in the Alps  his success on the Eiger in 1938  through his time in Tibet  to his later expeditions. Looking back in his 90s on a long life full of adventures  Harrer candidly recounts his meeting with Adolf Hitler and his flirtation with the Nazi regime in the late 1930s. He reviews his time in Tibet and reveals many never before disclosed details.He chronicles his later expeditions that include the first ascent of Carstenz Pyramid in New Guinea  exploration of the Amazon with King Leopold III of Belgium and ethnological research and travels to remote parts of Asia  South America and Africa. This book brings to life his incredible life  much of which is little known outside his standout achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495910531125,"sku":"ByrdShop_1921196009","price":94.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781921196003.jpg?v=1780903456","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/beyond-seven-years-in-tibet-my-life-before-during-and-after-9781921196003","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}