When Chris Bonington & his team set out in August 1975 to climb the South West face of Everest they were attempting the ultimate challenge of mountaineering
- to conquer the steepest & highest face in the world. Two months later overcoming daunting physical conditions & massive psychological pressures the lead climbers scaled 1000 sheer feet of the previously unconquered Rock Band to reach the summit
- the hard way. Drawing on first-hand accounts of his fellow climbers Chris Bonington portrays the tensions emotions & on one occasion bitter personal tragedy behind one of the most spectacular ascents in the history of climbing.