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