Ueli Steck from Switzerland has set a new speed record on the Eiger North face, climbing the Heckmair Route in 2:47:33. On February 13 Ueli Steck from Switzerland set a new speed record on the Eiger ...

UELI STECK took a deep breath and stared up at the north face of the Eiger, the infamous 5,900-foot wall of fractured limestone and ice, high in the Bernese Alps, that has killed at least 64 people ...

5 days on the North Face of the Eiger for the first solo, first repeat and first winter ascent of The Young Spider. From 7 to 11 January 2006 Ueli Steck added another important piece to his personal ...

Climber Ueli "The Swiss Machine" Steck lost his speed climb record for the north face of Mount Eiger in 2011 by 19 minutes. Watch as he returns to the Swiss Alps in November of 2015 to break a new ...

Ueli Steck is a Swiss mountaineer, born October 4, 1976 in Langnau im Emmental (Switzerland) and died April 30, 2017 in Nepal. Nicknamed the "Swiss Machine", it is known for its solo ascents and speed ...

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A mountaineering dispute continues to simmer after climber Stephan Siegrist questioned a new speed record set by Nicolas Hojac and Philipp Brugger. Brugger and Hojac had climbed the north faces of the ...

Ueli Steck, renowned Swiss alpinist and Mountain Hardwear-sponsored athlete known for speed records in the Alps, takes his era-defining speed style to the Himalaya. Ueli has summited the Tibetan giant ...