A book about the first Soviet expedition to Everest in 1982.

It consists of an essay by journalist Yuri Rost, as well as memoirs and diary entries of direct participants in the ascent. When reading the book, you need to understand that this was a big propaganda project and the texts of the book have been verified and edited. However, it cannot be denied that the result of the expedition was the passage of the most difficult route to Everest, and became the personification of the strength of the Soviet school of mountaineering.