Tour Everest Through Your VR Headset Photo: Jonathan Griffith The Oculus Virtual Reality headset made by Facebook is now offering a three-part virtual tour of Mount Everest. The filming was done by Jonathan Griffith, a close friend of world-famous mountaineer Ueli Steck. Ueli died a year before the filmmaking expedition in 2017 on the West Ridge of the mountain preparing to reach the summit of Mt Everest […] Brains Dan Scheibelein | April 3, 2020 0 Comments
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 […] Claire Weiss | April 30, 2017 0 Comments
Ueli Steck Solos 26,545-Ft Annapurna’s South Face Successfully Ueli Steck has successfully summited 26,545-foot Annapurna’s south face on October 9th, 2013. He sent a text from base camp at 2am on Oct. 9th that simply said: “Summit, alone, South Face.” This is the first time Annapurna’s south face has been climbed solo. Ueli has attempted the South Face of Annapurna twice before unsuccessfully. In […] SnowBrains | October 10, 2013 1 Comment
Ueli Steck Interview on “Fight on Everest” | “100 People Trying to Kill 3 People” – Ueli Now we are hearing the “Fight on Everest” story from the horse’s mouth. Uli Steck, the Swiss climber who was violently attacked by a mob of 100 Sherpas, has been interviewed by Outside Magazine. All 3 professional European climbers involved in this Everest Fight (Ueli Steck, Jon Griffith, Simone Moro) are going home without attempting the summit of Everest. This interview […] SnowBrains | May 3, 2013 10 Comments
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