It's frigging awful. That entire mother of a rock is gonna be covered with ice. But you can't walk on it, and you can't see through it to find a crack in the rocks to drive your pitons. The snow is all glazed over.

12 seconds sound clip from the The Eiger Sanction movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:47:22 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You didn't know we were in trouble?

- No.

- That's not good.

- Oh, it sounds exciting. Pity I slept through it.

- That's the spirit. Come on, up we go.

- Shit!

- What is it?

- It's a foehn moving in.

- What's a foehn?

- Warm air, then rain, then a freeze, like all in a flash.

- Is that bad?

- It's frigging awful. That entire mother of a rock is gonna be covered with ice. But you can't walk on it, and you can't see through it to find a crack in the rocks to drive your pitons. The snow is all glazed over.

- But you'll be able to drop through up to your neck at any time.

- Worse thing, it's coming from the south. They won't even know it's coming until it hits.

- Then they must come down.

- Lady, by the time they find out, they won't be able to come down. They won't be able to go up. They're just gonna be stuck.

- You all right?

- Yes, let's rest.

[...]

The Eiger Sanction Sound Clip

The Eiger Sanction poster

Quotes from The Eiger Sanction (1975 film based on Trevanian's novel), featuring short sound clips and sfx.

Actors: Clint Eastwood (Jonathan Hemlock), George Kennedy (Ben Bowman), Vonetta McGee (Jemima Brown), Jack Cassidy (Miles Mellough)

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