The Summit
Sixteen strangers trek the New Zealand Alps with $1M each, facing extreme challenges and brutal twists.
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Ep 1To the Summit
After a medical emergency occurs just hours into the trek and the climbers face a perilous obstacle crossing a ravine, fears rise as the Mountain’s Keeper, who is tracking them along their journey, forces the group to make their first brutal moral decision.
Ep 2Hard Choices Must Be Made
Faced with unexpected events, the trekkers' plans change as they navigate difficult terrain. Crossing a bridge, emotions run high when the Mountain's Keeper confronts them with a critical decision, leaving one person's fate uncertain.
Snakes and Ladders
Group faces challenges during mountain trek. Divisions emerge. Mountain's Keeper offers deal to reach summit faster, but with personal and group consequences. Group must decide whether to accept offer or continue struggling on their own.
An Unexpected Storm
After a weather delay pauses the group's progress, they set out to try and make up for lost time. When they reach an obstacle that forces them to split into pairs, one trekker is left to face the challenge alone.
Succeed Together, Fail Alone
As the trekkers hit the halfway mark on their journey and venture toward the snow line, a divide in pace emerges within the group. After a daunting obstacle the group learns that they have broken a fundamental rule of THE SUMMIT .
Never Show Your Weakness
After an unexpected checkpoint elimination, the group struggles when they must cross a precarious deep ravine by crawling over a bridge made of two parallel ropes to stay on their route.
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