He was one of the few crew members who actually climbed the Eiger north face.
Bowman explains he had become involved with Miles Mellough, to whom he was indebted for getting George who is actually Bowman's daughter off drugs.
Upon attaining the summit, they were helicoptered off and Eastwood and Kennedy were lowered onto the 18-ft-wide summit for one of Eastwood's happiest film-making memories, watching the sun setting over Monument Valley where many classic Westerns were filmed.