Nobody climbs faster than Swiss superman Ueli Steck, whose rapid ascents of classic routes are just as demanding as three-minute miles. Now Steck is taking his death-challenging act to the ...

Steck was acclimatizing on Nupste on April 30, somewhere between Camps 1 and 2, when tragedy struck. It’s not known what caused the fall, only that he’d taken a fatal 1,000-meter tumble into ...

Steck wasn’t always the most emotive or even approachable guy when it came to giving interviews to strangers, and he often drew a strict line between his professional and personal selves.

Ueli Steck: During the climb, I never get afraid. ... I’ve looked at that face so many times and haven’t found a good line. But it is on the same mountain [Everest].

Ueli Steck, AKA the Swiss Machine, has stunned the mountaineering community with his solo ascent of a new line on Annapurna's forbidding south wall. It was his third visit to the 8,000er, the ...

Editor’s Note: Yesterday, Ueli Steck, the Swiss climber commonly regarded as one of the most formidable alpinists to ever live, was making a solo ascent of Nuptse, a Himalayan peak conjoined with Mt.

The line remained incomplete. Above Steck, the winds raged, but the forecast called for a calming trend during the night. Steck decided to set up his tent and rest before his final push.

In February 2007, professional climber Ueli Steck turned the sport on its head when, all alone, he scaled the entire north face in 3 hours and 54 minutes, setting a record for the fastest time ever. A ...

In October 2013, alpinist Ueli Steck was alone at about 7,000 meters on the notoriously dangerous, steep, and difficult south face of the 8,091-meter. Ueli Steck When it comes to Annapurna, ...

Brawl On Everest: Ueli Steck’s Story “I went out and this whole crowd was there, maybe 100 people. When I saw they had their faces covered, I knew this was going to be really bad.” ...

Ueli Steck has been labelled a 'game changer' in the mountain-climbing community. ... He doesn’t pause for breath as we dart around the tourists that line The Mall.