I actually believe this book changed my body chemistry for a while. I was fueled to succeed, motivated to work hard(ER) in my everyday life to achieve similar quality of life, similar adventure, and similar greatness. Just wow. And so educational for historical and contemporary world affairs. FREE TIBET! Seriously just wow. Oh yeah, I thought I had roughed it in my travels...gone places and done amazing things...HA! I was so humbled...

Movie is great too but a 2 hour movie will never capture all the grandeur of a full read.