In the 1960s, an American named John Harlin II changed the face of Alpine climbing. Harlin successfully summitted some of the most treacherous mountains in Europe. But it was the North Face of the Eiger that became Harlin's 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 Eiger. 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.

The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father. John Harlin III

Sports & Outdoors

John Harlin

Mountaineering

Arrow Books

·The AAJ is the reference source for anyone planning anything new in the mountains, or venturing into remote ranges ·Nearly 200 pages of exciting stories about the most important climbs of the year-as told by the climbers themselves ·Nearly 300 pages of short reports from new routes in the world's mountains-also told by the climbers themselves 
The lead stories for 2004 include a survey of climbing opportunities in Kyrgyzstan, the bone-numbing Russian ascent of Nuptse East's notorious SE buttress, the Benegas brothers' first alpine-style ascent of main Nuptse, Micah Dash's first free ascent of Nalumasortoq in Greenland, the first complete traverse of the Picket Range in Washington, a raging dialogue over the influence of M-climbing on alpine climbing standards, an amazing sailing/climbing journey to Antarctica, the final debunking of Maestri's great hoax on Cerro Torre, and much, much more.

The American Alpine Journal 2004

Amer Alpine Club

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The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father. John Harlin III

The American Alpine Journal 2004