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.
- Oh, it sounds exciting. Pity I slept through it.
- That's the spirit. Come on, up we go.
- Shit!
- Warm air, then rain, then a freeze, like all in a flash.
- 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.
[...]