[2][22], In April 2016, Steck and his German mountaineering partner, David Göttler, found the bodies of Alex Lowe and paraglider David Bridges. He died on Mount Everest April 30, officials said. As an 18-year-old he climbed the North Face of the Eiger and the Bonatti Pillar in the Mont Blanc massif. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The family asks the media for understanding that they will not provide any further information at the time.”, Before that tragic post, Steck’s final post came on April 26. A search began for possible survivors after a scanner detected a pulse one month after the mega-blast at the adjacent port, A full moon next to the Virgen del Panecillo statue in Quito, Ecuador, A Palestinian woman reacts as Israeli forces demolish her animal shed near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Students protest against presidential elections results in Minsk, The pack rides during the 3rd stage of the Tour de France between Nice and Sisteron, Law enforcement officers block a street during a rally of opposition supporters protesting against presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, A woman holding a placard reading "Stop Censorship - Yes to the Freedom of Expression" shouts in a megaphone during a protest against the mandatory wearing of face masks in Paris. As a child he played hockey and joined his father on ski tours. (Getty). According to The New York Times, the Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck, 40, known for his fast, bold, solo ascents in the Alps, Himalayas, and elsewhere, died on Sunday April 30 on Nuptse during an acclimatization run for the Lhotse Traverse, his goal for this trip to the Everest region.
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 in the area acclimatising ahead of a bid to climb Everest through the less-climbed West Ridge route and traverse to Lhotse, the world's fourth highest peak – at 8,516 metres (27,940 feet) in May. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. Ang Tsering Sherpa, head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, told AFP that “he had an accident on the Nuptse wall and died. "His body has been retrieved and is being brought to Kathmandu," Mr Sherpa told Reuters.
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Steck announced on August 12 that he had completed the ascent of 82 Alpine peaks of over 4,000 meters in 62 days after having climbed the Barre des Ecrins mountain in the French Alps. Nasa will attempt to establish a sustained human presence on and around the moon by 2028 through their Artemis programme, A woman refreshes herself in a outdoor pool in summer temperatures in Ehingen, Germany, Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak speaks to the media after he was found guilty in his corruption trial in Kuala Lumpur, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un poses for a photograph after conferring commemorative pistols to leading commanding officers of the armed forces on the 67th anniversary of the "Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War". [17], 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. Ueli Steck dead: Famous Swiss climber killed in mountaineering accident near Mount Everest.
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The altercation, which forced the climbers off the mountain, drew international headlines.