Odo and Quark's runabout crash-lands on a mountainous, cold planet. With the subspace booster damaged, they have to get the transmitter up high enough to send a signal off planet meaning a huge hike up a seemingly impossibly high mountain... if they don't kill each other first. CREDITS SCREENCAPS SCRIPT SYNOPSIS

The Ascent DS9 Season 5, Episode 9 WRITTEN BY Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Ira Steven Behr DIRECTED BY Allan Kroeker First Aired Nov 25, 1996 Stardate Unknown

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