Basedonthebestsellingbookofthesamename,TheBeckoningSilencefollowsmountainclimberJoeSimpsonashetakesononeoftoughestchallengesofhiscareer.FreshfromhishorrificordealinthePeruvianAndes--asrecountedintheOscar-winningdocumentary"TouchingTheVoid"--SimpsonattemptstoascendthetreacherousNorthFaceoftheEiger,amountainthathasclaimedthelivesofmorethan60people.Facedwithgrowinganxietyanddoubt,Simpsonpushesonwardandupwardinhisunyieldingquesttotraversesomeoftheworld’smostinhospitableterrain.TheBeckoningSilenceisapowerfultestamenttotheenduranceofthehumanspiritinextremeconditions.

精选短评：Joe Simpson 講Toni Kurz的故事(他不行之前原來還折騰了很久很久， 太慘了。。。。以及Simpson自己是怎麼對他痴迷的mountaineering細思恐極的。。。可是還是不能resist。。。