The film deals with a trip around the world, from the scary and dark depths of the Canyon to the buildings of Hollywood, from the high snowy peaks of the Himalayas to the cliffs off the Thai coast. The director tries to outline the characteristics of the “modern pioneers” of the ascent and follows them in their attempts to carry out the “First Ascent” to the most astonishing and still intact rocks and mountains of the world. Equipped with a video camera, Mortimer visits the last unexplored reigns of the vertical world and makes a film of the legendary routes and a group of heroic climbers who have conquered them.