The main character in this story is called Mortenson, he lived in California and owns a red Buick. He is an American who grew up in a difficult family, and is the lone American child among hundreds of African children. He is a type of person who will never give up. But the accident he encounters on the K2 glacier makes him feel for the first time that it is called failure. He has a sister called Christa. He had a disease called massive convulsion and dies on his birthday. Mortenson found her necklace as a family heirloom. He wants to put his necklace on top of K2. When he is climbing the glacier, he found that K2 is the most beautiful peak which has the best scenery and K2 is also very dangerous and difficult to reach. The only group of people who reach the summit of K2 is a group of Japanese. During the climb, he left all his food, flashlight and tent with his porter, Mouzafer. And finally he thought he had left the team and was alone on the glacier. He tries to find the signature to escape, but he also has to be careful because the Pa is there...