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The Last Days of Ueli Steck

How one of the world’s best mountaineers made a last-second decision that would take his life? On the evening of April 29, roughly 15 hours before world-renowned alpinist Ueli Steck died in a fall in Nepal last month, he sent a text message by sat
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Climbing partner recalls Ueli Steck after Everest tragedy

Tenji Sherpa and Ueli Steck, as in the past, had set out for mountaineering expeditions together in April. But fate had something unusual in stock for both of them this time. Steck's long-time climbing partner Sherpa suffered a frostbite on April 20
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In Ueli’s Footsteps: Tenji Sherpa and Jon Griffith to Attempt Everest-Lhotse Traverse

Two of Ueli Steck's closest friends and climbing partners will try to complete his last, unfinished climb. Tenjing “Tenji” Sherpa was sitting in Everest Base Camp, letting his mildly frostbitten digits recover, when he got the news: his climbing
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Swiss Machine, Ueli Steck killed in Mt Everest accident

Ueli Steck (41), popularly known as ‘Swiss Machine’ in the mountaineering world, was killed in an accident near Camp II on Mt Everest on Sunday morning, multiple sources at the base camp of the world’s highest peak confirmed. A group of six
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