In 1959 a nineteen year-old lama, Ch gyam Trungpa, led 300 Tibetan men, women and children on a desperate nine-month Escape From pursuing Communist troops.
This near-mythic jour.
Then, starving and exhausted, they attempted a river crossing under heavy gunfire in flimsy vessels they\'d made themselves -- only to face a midwinter climb over the Himalayas.
Forced to travel where people had never been, they trekked through some of the world\'s harshest weather and most treacherous mountain terrain.
In 1959 a nineteen year-old lama, Ch gyam Trungpa, led 300 Tibetan men, women and children on a desperate nine-month Escape From pursuing Communist troops