Scotland in winter is an arena where mountaineers pit their skills against exacting climbs often in ferocious conditions. Andy Cave first climbed in Scotland as a teenager. This was the start of a lifelong journey, which took him from the depths of a Yorkshire coal mine to the peaks of the Himalayas. As the story unfolds we see dramatic footage of Andy climbing some of Scotland's classic and most challenging winter routes in the full spectrum of conditions that Scotland's mountains can conjure.