Looking Up is a feature documentary about a young veteran, Eitan Armon, facing encroaching blindness who takes on the challenge of climbing the world’s most epic granite wall: El Capitan. Directed by Elena Newman.
Eitan meets Willie, a professional climber who will show him the ropes of big wall climbing.
Eitan approaches El Capitan on the morning of the climb, while reflecting upon the hurdles he faced when he was originally diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Eitan meets Robert Heidenberg, a fellow Retinitis Pigmentose patient, and discusses with him the positive and negatives of living life with RP.