[4] The film tells the real-life expedition of two generations of Chinese mountaineers to ascend Mount Everest from the perilous north side in 1960 and 1975.

[5] The film was released in China, the United Kingdom and North America on September 30, 2019.

Before the film was filmed, actor Wu Jing underwent a half-month cold tolerance training in Mount Gangshka, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province.

Most of the film was shot on location in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

[8] On March 1, Hu Ge and Jackie Chan joined the cast, and Zhang Ziyi would play a meteorologist.