The film tells the story of Soviet climbers preparing to climb Mount Everest.




Winter, climbers with backpacks and equipment ascending the mountains.
Mountains, snow-capped peaks, panorama of the mountain slope, a line of climbers in the frame.
Office, press conference, film crew, participants, climbers, etc. in the frame.
Panorama of people sitting at tables.
Panorama of the mountains, snow-capped peaks.
Climbers' training camp.
A climber climbs up, snow in the frame.
Close-up - the face of a man with a beard.
Summer, mountain slope, rocks, a man walking.
A climber in a checkered shirt is breathing heavily, his blood pressure is measured.
Climbers training in the mountains (different shots).
Close-up - a man is breathing heavily.
Blood pressure cuff, a doctor is measuring a climber's blood pressure.
Doctors are examining climbers, measuring their pulse and blood pressure.
The man is breathing heavily.
Office, special equipment, doctors are attaching sensors to the man's chest.
A man with a heavy backpack is walking on a special exercise machine, he has a tube in his mouth, a panorama of an office, a doctor in a white coat near a monitor is in the frame.
Panorama of the mountains, snowy peaks, a sheer cliff is in the frame, the man is climbing up.
A climber in a helmet with equipment is climbing a sheer cliff.
A man on an exercise machine with a backpack, he has a tube in his mouth.
The doctor removes the tube from the man's mouth, the man continues to slowly walk on the exercise machine.
The man stops, takes off his backpack.
Panorama of the mountains, cliffs, snow is in the frame, climbers are climbing.
Climbers in helmets and equipment are climbing a cliff.
Panorama of the cliffs.
A press conference before the climbers' ascent, people in the hall are listening to the speakers.
A man in a military uniform is speaking.
A view from above of a huge pressure chamber, doctors and scientists are in the frame.
A man with sensors on his chest is walking with a group of doctors, enters the chamber.
A top view of a pressure chamber, with doctors, scientists, etc. in the frame.
A special helmet is put on a man's head, and sensors are attached.
Doctors prepare the man for examination, check the equipment and wires.
Image on the monitor screen - a man with sensors is riding an exercise bike, doctors are standing nearby, recording instrument readings.
A group of doctors and scientists are near the dashboard, looking up at the monitors, writing down readings.
Pressure chamber, with doctors in the frame, a man on an exercise bike, and an operator.
Close-up - a girl in a white coat is looking at the monitor, making notes.
Doctors and scientists are watching what is happening in the pressure chamber through the monitors.
A climber is climbing a snowy mountain slope.
Doctors and scientists are watching what is happening in the pressure chamber through the monitor.
Black and white image on the monitor screen - a man with sensors is riding an exercise bike, doctors are standing nearby, monitoring his condition, supporting his hands.
A climber is climbing a mountain slope, holding on to a rope.
Black and white image on the monitor screen.
The control center, the instrument panel, the monitors, the doctors, the scientists are monitoring the condition of the climber in the pressure chamber.
Black and white image on the monitor screen.
Climbers at a rest stop.
A climber on a steep cliff, climbing up.
The climbers' camp at the foot of the mountains.
The climbers are resting after the ascent, lying on the grass, checking the equipment.
Close-up - a man is knitting a sock.
Climbers training on the rocks.
A man in a helmet with a safety harness is climbing a steep cliff.
A group of climbers on the slope, at the foot of the mountain, looking up.
A man in an office, with sensors and wires, doctors in white coats nearby.
Climbers at the mountainside, checking the equipment.
Close-up - a man in a protective helmet and sunglasses.
A gunshot - the beginning of the training ascent.
General plan - a steep cliff, climbers in the frame.
Climbers in warm jackets, with sensors, enter a chamber where the temperature is very low.
The frame shows doctors, scientists in white coats, a control panel, equipment.
Climbers are sitting in the chamber, their faces covered with frost.
Mountain slope, forest, snowfall, in the frame is a camp of climbers, tents.
A group of climbers leaves the tent, heads down.
Snow, blizzard, climbers ascend.
Snow, blizzard, orange tent.
Tests in a special hangar, imitation of strong wind.
Mountaineering, Geography, Landscapes, Mountains, Climbing Everest
Winter, Summer




Tests are being conducted on the strength of materials and fastenings of a tent for climbers.
An artificial wind is blown on the tent, employees are looking at monitors, observing the test.
An experiment, a strong wind is blowing, the tent is flapping in the wind, a man comes out of the tent.
The man is strengthening the tent in a strong wind, checking the ropes.
Employees in the laboratory are observing the tent testing.
The man is inspecting the tent, checking the fastenings.
Mountains, snow, climbers are climbing into the tent.
Camp in the mountains, climbers are strengthening the tent.
Mountains, slope, snow, panorama of climbers climbing up.
Climbers are checking oxygen cylinders, breathing masks.
A man in an oxygen mask does energetic squats.
Press conference before the ascent, a man in a suit talks about the preparation of climbers.
Testing oxygen cylinders and masks - climbers in masks do push-ups, do various physical exercises.
Panorama of the mountains.
A climber on a steep cliff, checking fastenings, belay, walking along the cliff, holding on to a safety rope.
Testing in a laboratory - a man breathes pure nitrogen, a doctor with a stopwatch is nearby.
A climber with a backpack and equipment in the mountains, climbs, holding on to a safety rope, breathing heavily.
Laboratory - the tube through which he breathed pure nitrogen is removed from the man, he breathes heavily, in the frame are laboratory employees, equipment.
Panorama of the mountains, snowy peaks (shot from a top point).
A climber is lying in the snow, panorama of the mountains.
Laboratory, in the frame a man with sensors and wires on his body, employees in white coats, scientists, doctors (in the frame Yuri Senkevich) are standing nearby.
A man with sensors on his body enters a specially equipped chamber.
Doctors in the chamber connect the equipment, exit.
Mountains, snow, ascent, climbers in the frame.
General plan - a mountain slope, a line of climbers is visible, panorama of the mountains.
Laboratory, a man with a microphone talking about the training of mountain climbers.
A mountain climber in a pressure chamber during tests.
Close-up - a rock, safety ropes, carabiners.
A mountain climber climbs a steep cliff.
Laboratory, a man with a microphone talking.
A mountain climber in a pressure chamber, breathing deeply, saying something into the microphone.
Laboratory staff, doctors, scientists are watching the experiment, giving tasks to the subject.
The man answers questions, speaks into the microphone.
In the frame are laboratory staff, a female assistant in a gas mask.
People in white coats are watching the experiment.
Mountains, snow, mountain climbers ascending, holding on to a rope.
General plan - mountains, snow, a line of climbers, a panorama of the mountains.
Laboratory, people in white coats are watching the experiment, asking questions to the man in the pressure chamber, looking out the porthole at his reaction.
The man in the pressure chamber is breathing heavily, answering questions.
Laboratory staff in white coats.
Close-up - a device, printing curved lines on paper.
A man in a pressure chamber breathes heavily, answers questions.
In the frame, a female employee in a gas mask.
A man in a pressure chamber breathes heavily, answers questions.
In the frame, laboratory staff, scientists, doctors.
The man in the pressure chamber loses consciousness, an oxygen mask is put on him.
Panorama of the mountains, snow-capped peaks (shot from above).
A group of climbers on the top of the mountain, waving their arms.
Climbers in camp, after the ascent.
Climbers climb a snowy slope.
Panorama of the faces of the climbers (in the frame, Yuri Senkevich).
Mountaineering, Geography, Landscapes, Mountains, Climbing Everest
Senkevich Yu.A. - doctor, TV journalist, traveler
Winter