A team set off for the summit of Makalu in Nepal, the world's fifth highest mountain. A gruelling record of astonishing triumph over relentless adversity.

Guy Cotter is an expert high-altitude mountaineer with two Everest climbs under his belt. Takashi Ozaki is a veteran mountaineer with a successful Everest summit but he hasn't climbed at altitude for 15 years.

Although Bryan Moore is an expert alpine climber, he has never been above 22,000 feet (6705 metres) - experiencing the trauma of high altitude for the first time will be his greatest challenge.

These three climbers, along with the Nepalese Sherpa Lhakpa Dorjee and supported by a back-up team including Bruce Hasler, are going to try to summit Makalu.

This is a gripping account of the struggle to acclimatise, the struggle to navigate in appalling conditions and the final ascent with only three expedition members still climbing - Guy, Lhakpa and Takashi. After the horror of an avalanche, the three finally reach the summit.


Note: This DVD is in PAL format and will not work in NTSC DVD players.