Ueli Steck, who has died aged 40, in an accident on Nuptse in the Himalayas, was one of the finest alpinists of his, or any, generation, and was a much richer character than was suggested by the tag ...

Swiss climber Ueli Steck was killed Sunday in an accident near Mount Everest, Nepal’s tourism department said. The 40-year-old died when he slipped from a slope and fell into a crevasse at around ...

On April 30, while climbing on Nuptse, near Everest, alpinist and speed mountaineer Ueli Steck fell to his death. In the hours following, notes and remembrances from the climbers and athletes who knew ...

Ueli Steck, “The Swiss Machine” who passed away in an accident in the Himalaya Sunday, changed what is possible in the sport of mountaineering. The world lost one of the greatest mountaineers in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo Swiss climber Ueli Steck poses for a photo at the foot of a climbing wall in Wilderswil, ...

Ueli Steck was alone yesterday on Nuptse, that enormous and difficult mountain opposite Everest. He was on his own because after his climbing partner Tenji Sherpa suffered frostbite, Ueli had decided ...

April 30 (UPI) --Mountain climber Ueli Steck, known as the "Swiss Machine," died Sunday during a training accident near Mount Everest, Nepal's tourism department said. At around 21,650 feet, Steck, 40 ...

Ueli Steck, the 40-year-old speed climber, was killed on Everest this weekend. Ueli Steck, “The Swiss Machine” who passed away in an accident in the Himalaya Sunday, changed what is possible in the ...

Mountaineer Conrad Anker writes about the death of the sport’s fastest, most misunderstood climber — the likes of which we may never see again. On April 30, climbing lost one of its greats, Ueli Steck ...

Anybody listening to Ueli Steck talking about his achievements in the mountains must have a good imagination and a bit of inside knowledge about the modern climbing elite. If not, it could appear that ...

The hard-charging alpinist Ueli Steck climbed the Alps’ 82 highest peaks — in 62 days. But the death of a climber along the way has left controversy in his wake. Running up a trail in the predawn ...