Legendary Mountain Climber, Ueli Steck, Died Near Everest On Sunday

Ueli Steck, a famous Swiss rock climber and mountaineer died Sunday in an accident near Mount Everest.

All climbers and mountaineering communities will remember Ueli. He was not only a talented mountaineer, he was a legendary person, who has set several climbing speed records. He summited Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen and summited all Alpine peaks higher than 4000 m in just 61 days. He was known as “Swiss machine” for his Alpine crossing 82 summits in 2015. He also published few books.

Achievements

2005 solo ascension of the north wall Cholatse (6440m) and the east wall of Tawoche (6505)m

2007 Eiger Speed ascent in 3 hours 54 minutes

2008 New Eiger Speed record in 2 hours 47 minutes

2008 Speed record Grandes Jorasses in 2 hours 21 minutes

2009 Speed record Matterhorn 1 hour 56 minutes

2009 award „Piolets d’Or“

2009 „Golden Gate“ Route at El Capitain/USA

2009 Ascension of Gasherbrum II (8035m) in Karakorum mountain range of Pakistan

2009 Expedition to Makalu/Nepal

2010 Free Rider El Capitain/USA

2011 Sisha Pangma south wall

2011 Cho Oyu

2012 Mount Everest

2013 Annapurna

2014 Piolet d’Or

2015 Alpine crossing 82 summits

— www.uelisteck.ch

This April he was working on Everest Lhotse project. He was supposed to summit West Ridge/Hornbein Couloir route, then descend to the South Col and climb Lhotse.