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MaciejBerbekamakesthefirstwinterascentofBroadPeakin1988,escapingdeathbyinches.AndrzejZawada,theexpeditionleader,announcesagreatsuccess.OncetheyreturntoPoland,itturnsoutMaciejreached"only"theRockySummit,whichistwenty-threemetroslowerthantheactualpeaklocatedonehouraway.Resentfulofhisfriends’lies,Berbekawithdrawsfrommountaineering.Twenty--fouryearslater,hetakesacallfromKrzysztofWielicki,whoalsoparticipatedinthefirstexpedition."Wehavetofinishwhatwestarted,"saysKrzysztofashepersuadesMaciejtojointhenextBroadPeakexpedition.Afteralonghesitation,Maciejdecidestotryonceagain.
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