A famous Swiss climber, known for his rapid ascents, died over the weekend while climbing near Mount Everest. Ueli Steck was killed Sunday in a mountaineering accident in Nepal. Two Fort Collins ...

On April 30, while climbing on Nuptse, near Everest, alpinist and speed mountaineer Ueli Steck fell to his death. In the hours following, notes and remembrances from the climbers and athletes who knew ...

CLIMBING -- The 3,280-foot tumble to the doom of famed mountaineer Ueli Steck, 40, near Mount Everest in Nepal this weekend chilled and saddened climbing enthusiasts around the world, but surprised no ...

GENEVA – The family of famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck has held a funeral ceremony in Nepal following his death in a still-unexplained mountaineering accident near Mount Everest. Steck spokesman ...

When the sad news reached me this morning that Ueli Steck, probably the most accomplished mountaineer of his generation, had died near Mt. Everest, I was surprised to hear that he had returned to a ...

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 ...

Anybody listening to Ueli Steck talking about his achievements in the mountains must have a good imagination and a bit of inside knowledge about the modern climbing elite. If not, it could appear that ...

Editor’s Note: Yesterday, Ueli Steck, the Swiss climber commonly regarded as one of the most formidable alpinists to ever live, was making a solo ascent of Nuptse, a Himalayan peak conjoined with Mt.

Ueli Steck, 38, is perhaps today’s most acclaimed alpinist. Known as “the Swiss Machine,” Steck's solo speed-climbing feats in the Alps are the stuff of legend – under three hours for the North Face ...

After a month acclimatising in the Khumbu region, Ueli Steck has kicked off his Himalayan season with a bang: in a mere 10.5 hours the Swissman climbed Shisha Pangma, at 8027m the 14th highest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo Swiss climber Ueli Steck poses for a photo at the foot of a climbing wall in Wilderswil, ...