Once Henry awakens to the startling reality that his fall has left him too deep for rescue, the grip of death soon overtakes him. His own reckoning becomes pitted against the unforgiving elements of the mountain and a truth he now discovers all too bitter to swallow. Meanwhile, once his nephew learns of his uncle’s fate, tries to convince a reluctant lead climber to form a search party. But Fernando already knows what Peter is unwilling to accept. Desperate on all levels, their lives depend on a carefully orchestrated climb and where the slightest misstep could find them plunging several thousand feet. In spite of this, they forge ahead and Fernando’s history only complicates matters as they get closer to the summit and are about to face the ultimate test.