North Face Page #5

Watch your head!

Careful!

It's icy.

Child!

Where are you?

Why can't they hear us?

Who knows how far away they are?

Let's come back later,

maybe the storm will have died down.

We'll come back later.

Wait!

I think I heard something.

It's Toni.

That's Andi.

We hear you.

We're coming down.

We're coming.

C'mon, child.

- Where?

- To make some tea.

How much farther is it?

- Can't be far.

- Yes.

Another four metres.

C'mon, a little further.

There, my Willy,

we have a nice warm spot reserved for you.

But you have to climb into the bathtub alone.

Sh*t!

My arm.

It's completely stiff.

Keep moving your fingers!

At least a little.

I can't feel anything.

Nothing.

It will thaw.

Once you're sitting in front of the stove.

Yes, you're right.

- Just a little further.

- Yes.

Willy, we're going to make it, OK?

We're almost there.

Have you got him?

What's wrong?

The traverse...

Sh*t!

The rope.

He pulled out the rope.

He pulled out the rope.

Shut up, Willy!

- It's your fault we're in trouble.

- Leave him alone,

he doesn't know what he's saying.

I made it here.

I'll make it back.

C'mon, Andi.

It's taking so long.

Maybe they climbed past

and didn't see the ledge.

Again!

I'm going out again.

We have to...

go straight down and then...

cross from below.

It's our only chance.

Who knows how far that is?

We don't have enough rope.

If we don't find a ledge, we're goners.

If an avalanche comes,

we're goners here too.

What do you mean you think so?

Did he see her or not?

Damn it, she's not in her room, so...

Mr. Arau, please.

- I need a guide immediately.

- Yes, we'll see to it.

Put me through to Heinrich, please.

And don't forget our package.

Miss Fellner.

- What are you doing here?

- My God, what happened?

We don't know yet.

Wait, Miss Fellner.

Luise...

I knew I was right about you.

You're just like me.

You smell the stories

before anyone else.

Here, here, here.

They'll be the photos of your life.

I'm not here to take pictures.

Belay off!

Pass me a few pitons, I've run out!

Avalanche.

Release the rope!

Get out of the gully!

- Help!

- Climb up to me!

C'mon, you can do it!

You have to climb up.

Further, you can do it.

Andi, hurry!

Quick, the piton is coming out.

The piton's coming out.

Quick!

See that you get home!

No!

I can't.

You have to come to me.

Eine Lawine!

From gallery window 38,

if the storm doesn't blow him off the wall,

you can reach him.

Hans.

It'll never work.

If you take on the wall in this weather...

It's your own fault.

We all have wives and children.

Is the man up there with you?

Yes.

He's with me.

Need crampons?

Son of a b*tch!

There he is.

Maybe one or two rope lengths.

Can you hear us?

I'm up here.

Here.

You have to come from above,

through the crack.

What did he say?

I didn't quite catch it.

To come from above, through the crack.

What, with this ice?

- You'll never get up there.

- Yeah, I know.

But it might work in the crack.

Hang in there!

It's taking too long.

It'll be night soon.

Yes, I noticed.

It's no use.

We have to go back immediately.

No.

No, don't go!

You have to come here.

Come up to me!

Please don't go now!

I won't last much longer.

Please, come up here!

You can't leave.

I don't want to die.

I don't want to die.

We're sorry.

He'll freeze out there.

Won't he?

No one can get to him in this weather.

No one.

Nothing we can do.

You won't die!

We'll come get you...

as soon as it's light out.

I'm here,

I won't leave you, Toni.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 - 8:00 AM.

Do you have the 60 m rope?

Good, he can pull it up with a cord.

- Do you really think he...

- It would take hours to get up to him,

so he has to rappel to us.

- I meant...

- I know what you meant.

But even if he's dead,

we have to get him.

We're here!

You could use

a guardian angel like that, hm?

Look where she's sitting.

She has to get down or she'll fall!

If she was there all night,

she won't fall now.

C'mon!

You have to pull up a rope,

then you can rappel to us.

Do you have anything

for pulling up a rope?

A static cord or something?

I don't have any cord.

No cord.

I have no cord.

Can you unravel a piece of rope...

and tie the strands together?

I'll try.

Why is it taking so long?

Your beau must be half frozen by now.

But he'll pull through.

How far are you?

I still need a little while.

Departure to the Eigerwand stations

in 15 minutes.

Christian, get it!

I've got it.

You can pull it up now.

You'll have your beau back again soon.

That's not sixty metres.

The other rope, quick!

The long ropes are inside on the right.

Run!

Please.

And the climbing ropes too!

Damn!

He'll have to jump the last few metres.

What?

I'm coming.

Toni, take the weight off it!

Don't give up, Toni.

Try, Toni.

Do it.

You can do it.

You have to take the weight off,

then it might slip through.

Try it, Toni!

He'll die.

Please.

He'll die.

Come back, you'll kill yourself.

No, secure her!

Try again!

Take the weight off!

C'mon.

Try again!

It's me, Luise.

Please.

Please, Toni.

Hang in there!

Grab the rope.

Grab it!

Toni, please.

C'mon.

I'm so cold.

Have you recovered Toni Kurz' body yet?

No, he's still up there.

Did they find the others?

No.

I'm sorry.

Believe me, I'm terribly sorry.

Listen, what I said...

Last night...

I don't want you to think I...

It's a terrible tragedy.

But Germany will never forget these men.

Believe me.

I'll take you home.

I'll take you back to Berlin.

I'm not going back to Berlin.

I'm not going back.

There are too many people

like you there.

All I know is...

that death spared me...

and that Toni went away forever that day.

One has lived if one has loved.

There are times when I find this

infinitely hard to believe.

Most days I feel that I am alive.

And that love is...

the reason for that.

The first ascent of the Eiger North Face

took place in 1938.

The German-Austrian climbing party followed

Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser's route.

The Nazis declared it an athletic symbol

of the recent annexation...

of Austria into the German Reich.

The "Last great problem of the Alps"

had been conquered.

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