简介:MaciejBerbekamakesthefirstwinterascentofBroadPeakin1988,escapingdeathbyinches.AndrzejZawada,theexpeditionleader,announcesagreatsuccess.OncetheyreturntoPoland,itturnsoutMaciejreachedonlytheRockySummit,whichistwenty-threemetroslowerthantheactualpeaklocatedonehouraway.Resentfulofhisfriends'lies,Berbekawithdrawsfrommountaineering.Twenty--fouryearslater,hetakesacallfromKrzysztofWielicki,whoalsoparticipatedinthefirstexpedition.Wehavetofinishwhatwestarted,saysKrzysztofashepersuadesMaciejtojointhenextBroadPeakexpedition.Afteralonghesitation,Maciejdecidestotryonceagain.