Sheltered in a snow cave on Mount Elbrus, Dan Egan stares into the mouth of a storm on the tallest mountain on the European continent, a merciless mountain that claims more lives per year than Everest.
In the belly of the beast, Egan takes stock of every moment that brought him here-the life of a Boston boy enthralled with self-determination and adventure.
Egan emerges from the white haze of the storm to summit a climactic arc of perseverance we see repeated across deca.