For over 40 years Bill Burke was a corporate lawyer just dreaming about what he would do in retirement. Little did he know that he would enter the record books and become an inspiration to millions around the world.

At 60 years of age and keeping in mind that he had never climbed an alpine mountain in his life, Bill set a goal to climb the "Seven Summits," the highest peaks on all seven of the world's continents. He succeeded and, at age 67, summited Mt. Everest, becoming the oldest American to stand on top of the world at 29,035 feet and return alive. Because of an ongoing dispute about whether Australia is a continent, as opposed to AustralAsia, which includes a much larger land mass, Bill climbed the highest mountain in both Australia and AstralAsia, thus climbing eight summits on 7 continents. He is the only person to climb these eight mountains after reaching age 60.

Bill is inspired by his grandson, Oliver, who suffers from a rare disability called Angelman Syndrome. "I want to do what ever I can to raise awareness of the needs of the disabled and the responsibility of society to help the disabled reach their full potential" says Bill.

8 Summits is a remarkable film that captures Bill's story and follows him along his journey into the record books. From his home town in California to Mt. McKinley and Mt. Everest, this compelling story will help you realize that anything, absolutely anything is possible if you just work hard and believe in yourself.