The harrowing tale of three hikiers, nay, explorers, conquering what the Penobscot Indians named Katahdin, "The Greatest Mountain". Will these adventurous souls survive the steep climb up to Pamola Peak, home of the Storm God? Will they plummet hundreds of feet to their death on the dreaded Knife Edge? Or (much more likely) will they simply be eaten alive by literally millions of tiny, blood sucking black flies?