The Alps - Climb of Your Life

Mar 30, 2007

0h 45m

★ 6.8

Overview

In 1966, John Harlin II died while attempting Europe's most difficult climb, the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. 40 years later, his son John Harlin III, an expert mountaineer and the editor of the American Alpine Journal, returns to attempt the same climb.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

IMAX

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Cast

Self

Robert Jasper

Self

Daniela Jasper-Klindt

Self

John Harlin III

Narrator (voice)

Michael Gambon

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The Alps - Climb of Your Life

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