Synopsis

Life is climbing for blind paraclimbing legend Koichiro Kobayashi, who won gold at four consecutive Paraclimbing World Championships. At twenty-eight, a rare eye disease began to gradually fade his world to black. This extraordinary journey wouldn't have been possible without his sight guide and lifelong friend, Naoya Suzuki, his voice serves as both eyes and encouragement for Kobayashi. Tethered by twenty years of absolute trust, the duo embarks on their ultimate pilgrimage - the crumbling sandstone spires of Fisher Towers, Utah. Director Sokichi Nakahara’s award-winning debut captures every exhilarating slip and grip, visceral exploration of the human spirit’s power to overcome fear. After all, is the steepest precipice the mountain before us, or the darkness within?