Eiger Speed Climb - Ueli Steck

TThis is astonishing...Ueli Steck, a swiss carpenter and speed climber, scales here the Heckmair Route on the north face of the Eiger in 2 hours, 47 minutes and 33 seconds.

No time for ropes. That speck is him in the picture above. A Steck speck. He was born the same year as me...puts it a little more into perspective! From the film "Swiss Machine", part of the 2010 Reel Rock Tour and created by Sender Films. Music: Welcome Home by Radical Face.

Steck died on 30 April 2017 after falling during an acclimatizing climb for an attempt on the Hornbein route on the West Ridge of Everest without supplemental oxygen.