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 ...

Doing Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse in one season is so rare that only four have succeeded -- two Western guides, one super-Sherpa, and now, the first client.

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.

On April 30, 2017, the sudden death of 40-year-old climbing superstar Ueli Steck sent shockwaves through the adventure world. He’d suffered a fall while climbing Nuptse as part of his bid to ...

In 2014, Swiss super-alpinist Ueli Steck flew into Scotland for an under-the-radar mixed climbing hit with British alpinist and photographer Jon Griffith. Sarah Stirling tracked him down to find out ...

Mount Everest’s overcrowded South Col route is where it belongs: on AllTrails. It is “generally considered a very challenging route.” ...

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 ...