The Ghost Mountain

A frayed rope end and an empty sky—that's all Rob Ellison has left of his climbing partner after their attempt on Patagonia's deadliest unclimbed face. Rob and Neil Pollard have spent a decade pushing each other higher, but Cerro Mortaja's savage south wall will test more than skill and nerve. Pinned by storms, crippled by injury, and trapped above three thousand meters of vertical granite, the two men confront a choice that will haunt them both: how much is a summit worth when the price is measured in lives?