U.S. doctor Fred Ziel also makes it to the summit. The last time he tried he had to be evacuated off the mountain with severe frostbite. And mobile phone mogul Darius Vaiciulis from Lithuania makes the summit but is having problems with his oxygen. Finally, Tim struggles up the summit ridge to fulfill his lifelong ambition. But now he has to get back down with a badly broken hand. Eighty percent of climbing deaths happen on the way down and Tim is a long way from safety.

Guide Woody Woodward ties himself to Tim and lowers him down, but it’s an exhausting process and Woody is getting dangerously dehydrated and tired. Eventually they reach the comparative safety of Camp 4, where Team 2 has arrived ready for their summit bid the next day. Tim's alive, but he still faces a mammoth struggle to descend all the way to Advance Base Camp.