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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 30, 2017 - 06:21am PT
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Very sad news from Nepal...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39761904
30. April 2017. Information to the media
Ueli Steck deadly injured
Ueli Steck was killed while trying to climb Mount Everest and the Lhotse. His family has learned of his death today. The exact circumstances are currently unknown. The family is infinitely sad and asks the media builders to refrain from speculation about the circumstances of his death due to respect for Ueli.
As soon as there are reliable findings on the causes of Uelis Steck's death, the media will be informed. The family asks the media for understanding that they will not provide any further information at the time. For further inquiries:
Andreas ban tel
Speaker from ueli steck
Ban Tel & partner AG
andreas.bantel@bantel.cd
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climber
away from the ground
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Apr 30, 2017 - 06:25am PT
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
-Lao Tzu
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Apr 30, 2017 - 06:32am PT
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Sad sad day..
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Apr 30, 2017 - 06:49am PT
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Terrible news. Far to young. Really sad.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 30, 2017 - 07:01am PT
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Alpine climbing, when the limits are pushed, is a harsh world where survival becomes uncertain.
I ran into Uelii and his wife last fall at Coyne Crack in Indian Creek. He had just led it and was getting ready to belay his wife. We had last met a few years earlier in Chamonix when I was on a jury that awarded him the Piolet d'Or. He was enjoying the desert sun....how different from the alipne world where he excelled.
He will be missed.
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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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Apr 30, 2017 - 07:03am PT
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A stunningly sad development.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Apr 30, 2017 - 07:19am PT
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RIP, Ueli. You were one of a kind.
Dang ... :-(
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Apr 30, 2017 - 07:39am PT
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"Quick Day from Basecamp up to 7000m and back. I love it its such a great place here. I still believe in active acclimatization. This is way more effective then spending Nights up in the Altitude!"
...Unbelievably bold, to say the least, RIP Ueli Steck!
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 30, 2017 - 07:46am PT
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More details..
(CNN)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 6,600 meters on Mount Nuptse, expedition organizers told CNN.
His body has been recovered and airlifted to Lukla, where the nearest airport to Mount Everest is located, Dinesh Bhattarai, of the Nepal Tourism Department said.
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steve shea
climber
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Apr 30, 2017 - 07:48am PT
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RIP. What a loss.
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 30, 2017 - 07:50am PT
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I still believe in active acclimatization
Yes .... this was already well known in rock climbing.
The body becomes acclimatized to the task, where everything one does there becomes normal ....
He was superman ...... and he'll be back.
The Nepalese know this, the westerners all scoff at this due to their brainwashed cave man consciousness .....
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myrddinmuse
Trad climber
Wales
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Apr 30, 2017 - 07:57am PT
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Terrible, terrible news. An inspiration to so many!
The greatest shame will now be the "Wasn't if, it was when" brigade coming out of the woodwork again.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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Apr 30, 2017 - 08:04am PT
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Shitty.
According to this excellent piece, Ueli counted himself among the 'when not if' lot. See the last paragraph here:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/03/the-manic-mountain
"Steck knows that to live a long time you need to quit. Before Everest, he’d figured he had two more years in him of pushing the limits. Now he wondered whether he had less. He would always climb mountains; it was a part of his personality, and his marriage. But the professional part of it, the Swiss Machine, had gone a little sour. A week after Steck got home, Alexey Bolotov, the partner of Denis Urobko, was killed in a fall. A rope broke. They found his body on the Khumbu Glacier. He was fifty and had quit his job to devote himself to climbing. There’s a part of Steck that wonders if the incident at Camp 2 wasn’t in some respects a blessing. “Maybe there might have been a big accident,” he said. “There are a lot of things in climbing that you can’t control.” ♦
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Apr 30, 2017 - 08:33am PT
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What a tragic loss! Condolences to his family and friends. His achievement will continue to inspire me.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Apr 30, 2017 - 08:40am PT
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Terrible news to wake up and hear this.
RIP Uli.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Apr 30, 2017 - 08:45am PT
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I am so shook up by this news. I somehow thought he would be one of the ones who gets to live to a ripe old age. His skill level was so great.
I had a chance to meet him briefly before one of his slide shows. What a nice and gracious man, with a good humor and liveliness. His love of the mountains and of the challenges they brought was so apparent.
What a terrible loss to the mountaineering community and to his family and friends.
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drapnea
Trad climber
Wenatchee, WA
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Apr 30, 2017 - 08:52am PT
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Ueli Steck pushed the sport to a new level with his physical and mental endurance. He inspired countless people and is a legend that will be missed. R.I.P.
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Guck
Trad climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Apr 30, 2017 - 09:15am PT
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Sorry to see you gone. You were such an inspiration for all of us. I will miss you.
Phillip
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