The Eiger Obsession : Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father

But it was the North Face of the Eiger that became his obsession. John Harlin III was nine years old when his father put together a terrific team for an ill-fated direct ascent of the notorious peak. When Harlin's rope broke 2,000 feet from the summit, he plummeted 4,000 feet to his death. In the shadow of tragedy, young John Harlin III came of age possessed with the very same passion for risk that drove his father. For years he successfully denied the siren call of the mountain that killed his father. But in 2005, John Harlin could resist no longer. With his daughter, Siena—his very age at the time of his father's death—and with an IMAX Theatre filmmaking crew watching, he set off towards the Eiger. This is an unforgettable story about fathers and sons, climbers and mountains, and dreamers who dare to challenge the earth.