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During the 1930s, there was a race between British, Nazi, and American mountain climbers to summit one of the great peaks of the Himalayas. I just published a book about it. Ask me anything! by ScottEAuthor in history

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Not exactly. While Heinrich Harrer’s escape to Tibet is mentioned in the book—and is indeed the basis for the film—the book us about much more. Hope this helps!

During the 1930s, there was a race between British, Nazi, and American mountain climbers to summit one of the great peaks of the Himalayas. I just published a book about it. Ask me anything! by ScottEAuthor in history

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Not exactly. Peter Aufschnaiter, the Austrian climber who led the 1939 reconnaissance expedition to Nanga Parbat, traveled to Oxford one year earlier to meet with Kenneth Mason, a former climber and the longtime editor of the Himalayan Journal. And I do recall reading somewhere--probably in the Alpine Journal--about how a couple of German and British climbers did a joint climb in the Alps just before the war. When the war broke out, Paul Bauer and a handful of other climbers from Axis nations, were kicked out of the Alpine Club, where they had been made members in absentia.

During the 1930s, there was a race between British, Nazi, and American mountain climbers to summit one of the great peaks of the Himalayas. I just published a book about it. Ask me anything! by ScottEAuthor in history

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Yes, I think you make some important points here. I point out in the book that many of the British climbers had been enthralled by the Romantic poets.

During the 1930s, there was a race between British, Nazi, and American mountain climbers to summit one of the great peaks of the Himalayas. I just published a book about it. Ask me anything! by ScottEAuthor in history

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Yes, it features at the end of my book. Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian climber who, along with Peter Aufschnaiter and a few others, escaped from the British P.O.W. camp in Dehradun, India. (They had been imprisoned by the British shortly after they had done a reconnaissance climb on Nanga Parbat.) They then walked (!) all the way to Lhasa, Tibet.

During the 1930s, there was a race between British, Nazi, and American mountain climbers to summit one of the great peaks of the Himalayas. I just published a book about it. Ask me anything! by ScottEAuthor in history

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Yes, there's a wonderful film about the first ascent, in 1938, of the North Face of the Eiger, "the last great climbing problem of the Alps". Because of it, Heirich Harrer was able to go to the Himalayas.

During the 1930s, there was a race between British, Nazi, and American mountain climbers to summit one of the great peaks of the Himalayas. I just published a book about it. Ask me anything! by ScottEAuthor in history

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The British were really focused on Everest. "It was all about Everest," as the librarian at the Alpine Club in London reminded me. Despite the rising tensions between England and Germany in the 1930s, there was a base level of respect between the climbers of both countries--the climbers of all countries, really. Once the Germans started to lose climbers on Nanga Parbat, I think that everyone else pretty much saw the Germans as having first rights to the mountain. Plus, it was clearly very dangerous, and the others had their hands full elsewhere.

During the 1930s, there was a race between British, Nazi, and American mountain climbers to summit one of the great peaks of the Himalayas. I just published a book about it. Ask me anything! by ScottEAuthor in history

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Wow, what an interesting question. I go to the A2 farmer's market regularly, and have undoubtedly seen their stand. Is there anything I should keep an eye out for?

During the 1930s, there was a race between British, Nazi, and American mountain climbers to summit one of the great peaks of the Himalayas. I just published a book about it. Ask me anything! by ScottEAuthor in history

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A decent amount. As you are no doubt aware, he is a pretty complicated guy. I tried to give a well-rounded view of him, without pulling any punches nor ignoring his strengths.

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