This is a historical reconstructions of the tradegy of two Spanish climbers, Alberto Rabada and Ernesto Navarro , who dies on the north wall of Eiger in Switzerland in 1963 while struggling against the bad weather conditions. With the help of two climbers who impersonate the protagonists, the main excursion carried out by the two alpinists before the decision to climb the north wall of Eiger are described: the climb of the west wall of "Naranjo de Bulnes" and others on "Los Mallos de Riglos". With the help of photographs and some interviews, the tragedy, that led to the 25th and 26th victim of the famous north wall of Eiger, is reconstructed.
Director
Sebastián Álvaro Lomba
Sebastián Avaro
Sebastián Alvaro (Madrid 1950) is a journalist, author and film-maker. Since 1984 he has been the production manager of Al Filo de lo Imposible, one of the most successful TV series of TVE. With his team and troupe he travels across the five continents documenting all kind of mountain sports such as climbing, rafting and paragliding. He led his team to Everest and other “eight-thousands” and crossed the Antarctic. He has participated in the Trentofilmfestival with eleven films and to date has shot a hundred documentaries, including El último desafío (1989), Aguas blancas (1990), Tras las huellas (1993), El K-2 (1996), La Torre del pequeño Amin (1998), Annapurna (2000) and El territorio del leopardo (2004).