In 1995, mountaineer Alison Hargreaves made history on Everest as the first woman to summit completely solo and without supplemental oxygen. Months later, she lost her life on K2 leaving behind two young children. Twenty-four years later, her son Tom Ballard followed her path into the high peaks, only to meet the same unfortunate fate on Nanga Parbat.

This is the haunting true story of a mother and son bound by ambition, tragedy, and the mountains that claimed them both.

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