In 1995 the mountaineers and the whole of the Slovene nation announced with pride the completion of the great project to climb all the eight thousands, begun with a new route on Makalu in 1975 and terminated with the descent on skis of Annapurna in 1995. The Slovene radio-television with the film director Matjaz Fistravec decided to celebrate the event with a film which tells the story of the little nation's aspiration to enter the world history book of great explorations and conquests in wastelands. The first part of the film is world history with scenes of the geographical exploration of Everest in 1924, of Annapurna by the French 1950, of Everest by the English and Nanga Parbat by the Germans in 1953, of K2 by the Italians in 1954 and of Daulaghiri by the Swiss in 1980. The second part is about the Slovene climbs in the Himalayas and in Karakorum, beginning with portraits of celebrities and extracts from films of expeditions and the great story of the relationship between men and the mountains.