 A meeting of two world famous climbers, one is an experienced mountaineer the other a free climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the free climber) wouldn t survive a day on a  real  climbing expedition, although he is the world s best free climber. They plan to climb  El Toro , Pantagonia, South America, a very difficult mountain, especially due to the extreme weather conditions. The rivalry among the two men results eventually in the death of their common friend and the stealing of Roger s girlfriend (Katrina) by Martin. In the end the rivalry results in a  climb against time  in which Martin and Roger both climb a side of the mountain to reach the top first. But they re in for a surprise... The movie contains more  back to the real world  climbing scenes than your average cliffhanger-movie.