On the 14th of September 1979, Ronnie Muhl closed the cover of a book titled Everset The Impossible Victory by Peter Habeler. It ignited within him a burning desire to climb to the highest point on our planet and he spent the next 27 years trying to make that dream a reality.

On the 14th of September 1979, Ronnie Muhl closed the cover of a book titled Everset The Impossible Victory by Peter Habeler. It ignited within him a burning desire to climb to the highest point on our planet and he spent the next 27 years trying to make that dream a reality. In 2006, he found himself high in the Death Zone on Mount Everest facing a life-threatening situation. He made the traumatic decision to turn around with less than 150 vertical metres to go before reaching the summit. That decision saved his life and afforded him the opportunity of returning to the mountain in 2007. This time, as the leader of the first successful South African expedition to the North side of Mount Everest, he became the seventh South African to summit via the North-east Ridge. This is the inspiring tale of the tears and triumphs associated with surviving the Death Zone.