Ueli Steck

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ueli Steck
Occupation	Mountain Climber
Date Of Birth	Oct 4, 1976(1976-10-04)
Age	48
Date Of Death	April 30, 2017, Nuptse, Khumjung, Nepal
Birthplace	Switzerland
Country	Switzerland
Horoscope	Libra

Ueli Steck Biography

Ueli Steck is one of the most popular and richest Mountain Climber who was born on October 4, 1976 in Switzerland, Switzerland. Swiss mountain climber remembered as one of the best best of his generation, setting numerous speed records and being named named National Geographic’s 2015 Adventurer of the Year. He perished while climbing the Hornbein route near Mount Everest in April 2017.

He and Bradford Washburn both succeeded in climbing the Mont Blanc massif.

At the age of 17, Steck achieved the 9th difficulty rating (UIAA) in climbing. As an 18-year-old he climbed the North Face of the Eiger and the Bonatti Pillar in the Mont Blanc massif. In June 2004, he and Stephan Siegrist climbed the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau within 25 hours. Another success was the so- called “Khumbu-Express Expedition” in 2005, for which the climbing magazine Climb named him one of the three best alpinists in Europe. The project consisted of the first solo climb of the north wall of Cholatse (6,440 m) and the east wall of Taboche (6505 m).

Steck set his first speed record on the North Face of the Eiger in 2007, climbing it in 3 hours and 54 minutes. The record was lowered by Steck himself to 2 hours 47 minutes 33 seconds the following year.

He is survived by his wife Nicole Steck.

Ueli Steck Net Worth

Ueli Steck is one of the richest Mountain Climber from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ueli Steck 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was considered a prodigy, achieving the UIAA’s ninth difficulty rating at just 17 years old.

He won his second Piolet d’Or award by becoming the first climber ever to ascend Annapurna solo.

Ueli Steck (German: [ˈyːli ʃtɛk] ; 4 October 1976 – 30 April 2017) was a Swiss rock climber and mountaineer.

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Who is Ueli Steck Dating?

According to our records, Ueli Steck married to Nicole Steck. As of December 1, 2023, Ueli Steck’s is not dating anyone.

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In the winter of 2014/15, Steck and Michael Wohlleben [de] linked up the three north faces of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo/Drei Zinnen in 16 hours. In the summer of 2015, he climbed all 82 summits in the Alps higher than 4000 meters in 62 days without the use of motorized travel. Two days slower than the 60-day record, his time included a period when Steck had suspended the tour on July 22, after his climbing partner on the Aiguille de Rochefort, Martijn Seuren, had fallen to his death on this final peak to make him the first Dutch person to climb all 82 4000ers. Later that year Steck set a new record for the North Face of the Eiger, soloing it in 2 hours 22 minutes and 50 seconds.

Facts & Trivia

Ueli Ranked on the list of most popular Mountain Climber. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Ueli Steck celebrates birthday on October 4 of every year.

Steck died on 30 April 2017 while acclimatizing for an attempt of the Hornbein route on the West Ridge of Everest without supplemental oxygen. This route had been climbed only a few times, the last of which was in 1991. His plan was to climb the Hornbein Couloir to the summit, then proceed with a traverse to the peak of Lhotse, the world’s fourth highest mountain. This combination had not been achieved.

Did they find Ueli Steck?

At 9.34am they found Ueli’s body at an altitude of 6,300m , roughly 300m off the main route.

How far did Ueli Steck fall?

Approximately 300 metres (980 ft) below the summit, he fell an estimated 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). It is not known what caused the fall. His body was found in the Western Cwm, between camps 1 and 2, and transported back to Kathmandu where memorial services were held. Steck was survived by his wife Nicole.

How good was Ueli Steck?

Steck was twice the recipient of alpine climbing’s most prestigious award, the Piolet d’Or (Golden Ice Axe) , first in 2009 for he and Simon Anthamatten’s 2,000-meter route Checkmate on the north face of Tengkampoche (also called Teng Kang Poche; 6,500m) in Nepal, and in 2014 for his 28-hour roundtrip solo ascent of the …

Why was Ueli Steck attacked?

Apparently the altercation started when Simone, Ueli and Jonathan were climbing up to Camp 3 where the rope-fixing team was busy installing the lines up the mountain. As they neared their position, the Sherpas told the climbers to stay off the lines while were working on them, which the trio gladly did.

How did Marc Andre Leclerc died?

Avalanche