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Ueli Steck
​4 October 1976 – 30 April 2017
Place of residence: Ringgenberg, Switzerland
Married with Nicole
Languages: German, French, English, Italian
Profession: Carpenter
Hobbies: paragliding, competing in Marathons, trail running 

Key-Facts

• With 18 years old, Ueli Steck was climbing for the first time the north face of the Eiger (German: Eigernordwand)
• Most successful single climber of Switzerland
• Successful book author
• Enthusiastic and successful contributor: slide shows and talks about his expeditions
• Developer of new mountaineering techniques, equipment/ material and training methodology
• Competitive sportsman beyond commercial sports

​2009 Gasherbrum II (8034 m), Normal Route.
2009 Makalu (8485 m), Normal Route
2011 Shishapangma (8027 m): Solo Ascent of South Face
2011 Cho Oyu (8188 m) West Face, togehter with Don Bowie, 18 days after Shishapangma Summit
2012 Mount Everest (8848), Normal Route, without the use of botteled Oxygen .
2013 Annapurna (8091 m): First Solo Ascent of South Face, 28h for ascent and descent, rewarded 2014 with his second Piolet d’Or.
2015 Climbing all 82 Four thousand Meter Peaks of the Alps in 61 days, by fair means (moving from mountain to mountain running, paragliding or by bike).
2015 Eiger-Nordwand, new Speed Record Heckmair-Route in 2:22:50h, solo, gaining back Dani Arnolds 2011 Speed Record of 2.28h.
On the 30.4.2017 Ueli Steck falls to death at Nuptse (Khumbu, Nepal).