Fourteen-year-old Peak is arrested for trying to climb a New York skyscraper. The authorities want to punish him in a way that will discourage others. As a result, the judge gives him a choice: a year and a half in prison or... This “or” will turn into an amazing adventure with many trials: Pick will find his long-vanished father, and climb Everest, and rivalry with a friend, and get to know the very unsightly underbelly of mountaineering , where ambition, money and the desire for fame collide. But also an acquaintance with a world in which people strive for the top and are able to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others. Source: The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.