19 amateur climbers travel to Nepal to conquer Everest, an adventure that costs $65,000. Each client is led by an experienced guide along a clearly planned route. The outcome of the slightest mistake is known to everyone, but the desire to get to the top overshadows the mind. However... The last word remains with the mountain. There, at an altitude of 8848 meters, in rarefied air, the brain will lose millions of cells, the body will treacherously weaken and even the most experienced will begin to make one fatal mistake after another. No one will forget this ascent. The most terrible tragedy in the history of Everest. From the first person.

Previously the book was published under the title “Everest. To whom and for what does the mountain take revenge?