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To: MtnClimber

How realistically did the movie portray the mountain?


26 posted on 11/05/2024 2:06:37 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain
The movie was pretty close, but the climbing scenes were filmed off the real climbing route, below a ledge on the north side where I spent the night. I will try to find a photo.

OK, the descent route is in red and the ledge about halfway down is where the climbing scenes in Eiger Sanction were filmed, hanging over the north face. One person was killed by a falling rock there while filming. The place the huge avalanche happened was lower than this ledge and off the right of this photo. OK you can see the hanging glacier on the right in this photo.

32 posted on 11/05/2024 2:20:32 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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