Ueli Steck is one of today’s most accomplished alpinists. The Swiss Machine’s solo speed-climbing feats in the Alps are the stuff of legend – under three hours for the North Face of the Eiger, and ...

Legendary Swiss rock climber and mountaineer Ueli Steck died Sunday in an accident in Nepal, his family said. "Ueli Steck was killed while trying to climb Mount Everest and the Lhotse," the family ...

UELI STECK, known in mountaineering circles as the Swiss Machine thanks to a short film of the same name documenting his feats, promised his wife that he was done soloing. But when the 34-year-old ...

CLIMBING -- The 3,280-foot tumble to the doom of famed mountaineer Ueli Steck, 40, near Mount Everest in Nepal this weekend chilled and saddened climbing enthusiasts around the world, but surprised no ...

Nick Paumgarten on Ueli Steck, one of the most distinguished mountain climbers in the world, and excerpts from the short film "The Swiss Machine," that features Steck speed-climbing the North Face of ...

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.

KATHMANDU: The family and friends on Thursday said a goodbye to the world's greatest alpinist Ueli Steck who died in an accident near Nuptse Face on Mt Everest last week. The 'Swiss Machine' climber ...

The world-renowned climber Ueli Steck has died in an accident on Mount Everest, which he was preparing to climb alone on a new route and without oxygen. He is thought to have fallen 1,000m down an ice ...

Legendary Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck, who built a global reputation for unrelenting speed scaling the world's highest peaks, died Sunday in an apparent fall in Nepal, his family said. "Ueli Steck ...