Ueli Steck

Ueli Steck

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 records. As a child, Ueli Steck played ice hockey. At 12, he discovered rock climbing and joined the Swiss Alpine Club. At the age of 18, he climbed the north face of the Eiger and the Bonatti pillar in the Mont-Blanc massif. In 1998, he soloed the Haston Couloir on the Mönch in 3.5 hours, and in 1999 the Lauper route on the Eiger in 5 hours. In 2001, he made the first ascent of the west face of Mount Pumori with Ueli Bühler. From 2002, he made several ascents with Stephan Siegrist: "The Young Spider" (2002) and "La Vida es Silbar" (2003) on the north face of the Eiger, then they chained the 3 north faces of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau in 25 hours (2004). In 2005, he made the first solo ascent of the north face of Cholatse (6,440 m) and the west face of Tawoche (6,505 m). Ueli Steck is regularly talked about thanks to his speed records. In 2007, he set a new Eiger north face record of 3:54, then in February of the following year he broke his own record with a time of 2:47:33. In May 2008, in full preparation for their excursion to the south face of Annapurna, Ueli Steck and Simon Anthamatten set off to rescue mountaineer Iñaki Ochoa de Olza. A rescue helicopter could not be used at such high altitudes, Ochoa died on May 23. Steck will stay by his side until the end. On January 13, 2009, Ueli Steck completed a record trilogy (Eiger, Grande Jorasse, Matterhorn) on the north face in 1 hour 56 minutes to reach the summit of the Matterhorn via the Schmid route. He received the Piolet d'Or 2009 in technical difficulty for the first ascent of the north face of Tengkampoche (6,500 m) with Simon Anthamatten. On July 9, he managed his first 8000, the Gasherbrum II (8035 m) solo. In 2011, on April 17, he climbed the south face of Shisha Pangma (8,013 m) in a record time of 10:30 a.m. and 18 days later, on May 5, he climbed Cho Oyu (8,201m) with Don Bowie. On November 18, 2011, he presented Ueli Steck: Speed, his film in Martigny, Switzerland. In August 2012, Ueli Steck created the Eiger-Mönch-Jungfrau triptych in less than 12 hours. On October 9, 2013, Ueli Steck added to his list of achievements a solo ascent of the south face of Annapurna. During the summer of 2015, Ueli Steck carried out with Michael Wohlleben the #82summits project of more than 4,000 m in the Alps without the use of motorized means, Ueli reached the end of the project in 62 days. On November 11, 2015, Ueli Steck and Nicolas Hojac climbed the north face of the Eiger via the Heckmair route in 3 hours 46 minutes, thus beating the roped ascent record. On November 16, 2015, 5 days later, Ueli set a new Eiger record of 2:22:50. On April 30, 2017, Ueli Steck is training for a combined ascent of Everest then Lhotse in less than 48 hours and without oxygen via the West Ridge route, never repeated. He was discovered dead by rescuers, after slipping on a patch of ice and falling 1,000 meters from one of the faces of Nuptse, during an acclimatization ascent.

  • Title: Ueli Steck
  • Popularity: 1.294
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1976-10-04
  • Place of Birth: Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland
  • Homepage: http://www.uelisteck.ch
  • Also Known As: أولي شتيك, Ули Штек
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Ueli Steck Movies

  • 2013
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    High Tension

    High Tension

    8 2013 HD

    Ueli Steck (Switzerland), Simone Moro (Italy) and Jon Griffith (GB) are not like 95% of the climbers on Everest: they don't use oxygen, altimeters...

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  • 2016
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    Explore Mont Blanc

    Explore Mont Blanc

    10 2016 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Swiss Machine

    The Swiss Machine

    10 2010 HD

    Ueli Steck may be the greatest speed alpinist the world has ever seen. In this film he tells the stories of his record-breaking ascents in the Alps,...

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  • 2013
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    Ueli Steck - Paraglides Between Mountains In The Swiss Alps

    Ueli Steck - Paraglides Between Mountains In The Swiss Alps

    10 2013 HD

    Famous for his fast solos on the harshest north faces of the Alps, Ueli Steck decided to learn a new sport: paragliding! Not always easy learning,...

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  • 2012
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    Pura Vida (The Ridge)

    Pura Vida (The Ridge)

    7.5 2012 HD

    On the south face of Annapurna, at 7,400 metres, Iñaki Ochoa de Olza is dying. His rope companion sounds the alarm. And, from the other side...

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  • 2020
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    Ueli Steck – Auf schmalem Grat

    Ueli Steck – Auf schmalem Grat

    10 2020 HD

    Deceased but not forgotten. In 2017, Switzerland's most famous mountaineer, "Swiss Machine" Ueli Steck, fell to his death in the Himalayas when he...

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  • 2023
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    Race to the Summit

    Race to the Summit

    7 2023 HD

    Fearless alpine climbers Ueli Steck and Dani Arnold enter into a death-defying rivalry to set speed records on the Swiss Alps' great north faces.

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  • 2013
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    Reel Rock 8

    Reel Rock 8

    7.8 2013 HD

    The latest groundbreaking films from Big Up Productions and Sender Films. Featuring Yuji Harayama, Daniel Woods, Hazel Findlay, Emily Harrington,...

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  • 2010
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    Reel Rock 5

    Reel Rock 5

    8.3 2010 HD

    From death-defying speed link-ups of the wildest faces in the Alps, to Olympian displays of strength and tenacity on the hardest boulders ever...

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  • 2011
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    Ueli Steck - Speed, Der schnellste Mann am Berg

    Ueli Steck - Speed, Der schnellste Mann am Berg

    10 2011 HD

    He climbed solo, without a rope, the north face of the Eigers in 2h47. Below him the rock wall steigen über 1000 Meter ab. Mehr Ueli Steck, the...

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  • 2014
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    The Six Great North Faces of the Alps

    The Six Great North Faces of the Alps

    10 2014 HD

    Six big north faces of the Alps. The film consists of six films: "Die Wand der Wände" (Eger by Robert Jasper, Roger Schäli), "Das letzte...

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  • 2021
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    The Alpinist

    The Alpinist

    7.6 2021 HD

    Marc-André Leclerc, an exceptional climber, has made solo his religion and ice his homeland. When filmmaker Peter Mortimer begins his film, he...

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  • 2014
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    On ne marche qu'une fois sur la lune

    On ne marche qu'une fois sur la lune

    10 2014 HD

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  • 2008
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    Fly High

    Fly High

    10 2008 HD

    Twelve talented young mountaineers, five geologists from the University of Lausanne and four mountain guides take an unprecedented risk in Patagonia....

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  • 2007
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    Robinson Report

    Robinson Report

    6.7 2007 HD

    Informe Robinson is a monthly Spanish sports magazine programme broadcast on Canal+. It is hosted by former Republic of Ireland international...

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  • 2012
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    Bergwelten

    Bergwelten

    10 2012 HD

    People experience adventures on mountains all around the world. Personalities, fascinated by the world of the mountains, bring us closer to the...

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  • 2010
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    Reel Rock

    Reel Rock

    10 2010 HD

    Every fall the REEL ROCK Film Tour brings the year's most exciting new climbing films to live audiences around the world. For 2010, the tour features...

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  • 2011
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    Schawinski

    Schawinski

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2001
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    Aeschbacher

    Aeschbacher

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2005
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    G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

    G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

    4 2005 HD

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  • 1987
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    Nachtcafé

    Nachtcafé

    6.5 1987 HD

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  • 1992
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    Morgenmagazin

    Morgenmagazin

    6 1992 HD

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