RIP Ueli Steck, the World's Greatest Mountain Climber

[Alpinist]

We lost the world's greatest mountain climber today, the Swiss Machine, Ueli Steck. He was only 41 years old. He was in the Himalaya training for an Everest-Lhotse traverse. He fell while climbing on Nuptse. A few years ago he soloed the South Face of Annapurna and he also held the record for fastest ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in under 3 hours. A huge loss to the climbing community. RIP Ueli.

Ken

 

[sheltie1]

I had heard this happened.....very sad.

 

[Kuoppis]

Read about it, very unfortunate. Apparently accidents can happen even to the best in business.


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[Alpinist]

Nuptse is a dangerous mountain. Alexey Bolotov died in 2013 while acclimatizing in the same area for a big Everest climb.

Ken

 

[Elberoth]

A few years ago he soloed the South Face of Annapurna and he also held the record for fastest ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in under 3 hours.

I believe his record was 2:28, but he also said that it can be done under 2h ... with greater risk ofc.

From what I've read, he fell off from an ice wall.

He was such a nice guy. Huge, huge loss. RIP.