For 25 years Jeff Lowe was a superstar of the climbing world, but after his life fell into turmoil, he undertook a climb that many thought would be his last. What he didn't know was how that climb would prepare him for his biggest challenge yet.

British climber James Pearson was a young star who committed the cardinal sin of "over-grading" his routes and was forced into exile by the climbing community. He now returns to his country to redeem himself by climbing the hardest route in the UK.

Mike Libecki is the world's greatest exploratory climber, traveling to the most remote corners of the globe to find unclimbed walls and establish first ascents. But after becoming a father, he must balance parenthood with his life as an explorer.

Writer and climber Claire Carter is trying to forge a courageous path in life. She finds inspiration in the legendary guide and writer Gwen Moffat, who broke the mold for what women can achieve in the mountains a half century earlier.