One of the greatest worldclass athletes of all time Jeff Lowe has made climbing what it is today He contributed to the development of the modern ice screw and cam invented the grading system used worldwide for mixed climbs authored now classic books on climbing technique brought the first Sport Climbing Championships to America and opened the ice park in Ouray Colorado In this film Jeff tells the extraordinary story of his historic nineday midwinter solo ascent of the north face of the Eiger in 1991a route he named Metanoia which has never been climbed since Jeffs unimaginable new route up the Eiger prepared him for the greatest adventure hes ever been on the climb of his life as he slowly loses all of his physical abilities and faces his own mortality