As the mountaineer Anurag Maloo battles for his health in New Delhi’s AIIMS after falling in a crevasse on Mount Annapurna, and as an aerial rescue team flies out to Mount Everest to locate the missing Indian-origin climber Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya, their families face a daunting climb of their own. Ashish Maloo, Anurag’s younger brother, for one, is spending his days juggling hospital duties with other responsibilities.