It is 1992 when Robert Markham realizes life has not worked out the way he imagined. He has just buried his estranged father, a Vietnam War officer, and endured a horrible divorce. As a passionate adventurer and lifelong pleasure seeker, Robert has learned to rely on a unique strategy of pain avoidance in order to survive life's hardest knocks. Seeking distraction and comfort from his recent losses, Robert heads to France to climb Mont Blanc. As he...