The black and white sequence opens with the sunset on Mont Blanc du Tacul and continues with views of icy slopes and panoramas of the Grandes Jorasses, the Dôme du Goûter, and the Aiguille du Goûter. Subtitles evoke the anxiety and the brief sleep before the challenge, while the images show mountaineers along glaciers and snowy slopes, interspersed with confused memories of previous roped parties.