When a rock face climb robs “Peter” (Chris O’Donnell) and sister “Annie” (Robin Tunney) of their nobly sacrificing father, rather than abandon their climbing the siblings immerse themselves in ever more dangerous challenges - and few can be more so than the Himalayan K2. With wealthy Americans willing to pay millions of dollars for permits to ascend, this could prove lucrative even if some of them are so reckless as to put everyone’s life at risk on their search for adrenalin. One such expedition is to take “Vaughn” (Bill Paxton) up the mountain but not long after they start the weather turns ...