Teise Maailmasõja ajal läheb Austria mägironija (Brad Pitt) koos oma sõbraga Himaalajat vallutama. Kui algab sõda võtavad britid nad vangi, aga neil õnnestub põgeneda ühte Tiibeti linna. Linnas muutuvad nende maailmavaated tundmatuseni.
Viis mägironijat leiavad keset paksu Põhja-Šoti mägismaa metsa maa alla maetud tüdruku. Proovides nüüd viia tüdruk lähimasse külla, satuvad nad ühtäkki märklaudadeks tüdruku röövijatele, kes mitte mingil juhul ei taha tüdrukust lahti öelda.
group of students enrol in the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, in Uttarkashi, for undergoing training to climb Mount Everest. Anjali Singh Rawat, who feels neglected by her father, wishes to win his love by fulfilling his dream of climbing Everest. Aakash Joshi is a videographer, who is to make a documentary on Arjun Sabharwal's expedition to Everest. As the plot proceeds a relationship between Anjali and Aakash fruitions
The life of the legendary mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, from his lonely childhood, to the man he became - Hillary the climber - a man that conquered Mt Everest, a man loved by a nation.
