
In the summer of 1968 three men and good friends, climber and surfer Yvon Chouinard , climber and skier Doug Tompkins , and champion skier Dick Dorworth , set off from California in an old van to surf, ski and climb their way down to the southern end of Argentina, where they were met by a young British climber, Chris Jones . Their goal was to climb a mountain that had been climbed only twice before: Cerro Fitz Roy. Little did they know, this journey would not only have a tremendous impact on their [...]