Maciej Berbeka makes the first winter ascent of Broad Peak in 1988 escaping death by inches. Andrzej Zawada the expedition leader announces a great success. Once they return to Poland it turns out Maciej reached "only" the Rocky Summit which is twenty-three metros lower than the actual peak located one hour away. Resentful of his friends' lies Berbeka withdraws from mountaineering. Twenty- -four years later he takes a call from Krzysztof Wielicki who also participated in the first expedition. "We have to finish what we started" says Krzysztof as he persuades Maciej to join the next Broad Peak expedition. After a long hesitation Maciej decides to try once again.