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 ...

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 ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Swiss climber acclaimed for his rapid ascents — including scaling dozens of peaks in the Alps in a little more than two months — died Sunday in a mountaineering accident near ...

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 ...

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 ...

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