Steck defines it as "a modern route, complete and of the highest standards, on steep rock and ice." With regards to the 5 days spent out on the wall, Steck recounts that the greatest difficulty was ...

Since Denis Davis and Tashi Sherpa first stood on Nuptse's summit in 1961, it has attracted some of the best high-altitude climbers in the world. There have been epic, alpine-style ascents on new ...

Nicolas Hojac and Philipp Brugger have shattered a 21-year-old record, scaling the north faces of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau in just 15 hours and 30 minutes. This is how they did it.

Steck has broken the speed record on the face three times, the first two times in 2007 and 2008, and then again in 2015 after fellow Swiss mountaineer Dani Arnold had taken the record.

Maybe next year. (Ueli Steck completed the first solo ascent of Annapurna's South Face in a record 28 hours in 2013. It was one of the boldest Himalayan climbs in history) This year I just want to ...

Maybe next year. (Ueli Steck completed the first solo ascent of Annapurna's South Face in a record 28 hours in 2013. It was one of the boldest Himalayan climbs in history)This year I just want to ...

1. The mountain of my dreams I have a confession: When I was a wee little teenager searching desperately for a way to validate my wee little life, I wanted to climb Mount Everest. Shameful, I know ...

Fickle weather characterised the start of their trip and in between shovelling out the tents they attempted two routes on Mt. Dickey, Blood from the Stone (Sean Easton, Ueli Steck 2002) and a direct ...