Alexander Abramov is a Master of Sports of the USSR, founder of the "Club of 7 Summits," one of the world’s most famous mountaineers, and the first Russian mountaineer to complete the "Seven Summits" program twice! In 2015–2016, Alexander led an Everest expedition and took part in Valdis Pelsh’s film "The Height Gene, or How to Climb Everest," in which he and his team showed the entire process of ascending to the world’s highest peak. What you have before you is an enthralling biography made up of five amazing parts. In each chapter, the author tells his path from the very beginning— from being initiated into mountaineering and conquering Elbrus in a vehicle, to racing for first place with Fyodor Konyukhov and creating the strongest team in the field of extreme ascents!