Return to Mount Kennedy

In 1965 Robert Kennedy was the first man to summit Mount Kennedy in the Yukon Territory named in honor of his late brother Leading that expedition was Jim Whitaker the first American to summit Everest and original fulltime employee of REI 50 years later Jims sons Bob and Leif along with Christopher Kennedy decide to climb the mountain again in honor of their fathers joint accomplishment and unique friendship Seattlebased filmmaker Eric Beckers touching documentary combines archival footageincluding several Kennedy home movieswith interviews from Jim himself and those who them best as we follow three sons and the journey literally in their fathers footsteps Eddie Vedder a personal friend of Bobs writes original music for film that tailor shots of the expansive mountain ranges together in this wholesome story