UKC

Switzerland's Ueli Steck has chopped more than an hour off his own speed record for climbing the north face of the Eiger. Steck soloed the 6,000-foot Alpine wall in 2 hours 47 minutes 33 seconds.


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In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

Thats just ridiculous behavior! Amazing!

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

Any footage available?

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC: That is incredible. I wish i could do this face this quickly. It would hardly be as worrying!!!

In reply to boothy:

It would almost certainly be a lot more worrying. What are you saying?

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:
2:47:33
Bl@@dy Hell! That was a fast lap! What is the lad training for?

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:
I think ridiculous has to be the key word - reminiscent of a style of climbing I saw at a Climbing Comp in Birmingham once, where a couple of Russian & Eastern European Climbers raced each other up two identical sport routes onsight. And they were top roped.

Having said that - he must be at the pinnacle of physical fitness, and mental preparation for climbing to achieve this feat, and isn't that what a lot of us aspire to in this community?

Brave lad.

In reply to msumpster:

"isn't that what a lot of us aspire to in this community?"

I'd rather wait for beau temps and take a nice bag of weed myself.

"Brave lad."

Total nutter.

In reply to Wry Gob:

Fair point.

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

The words of Anderl Heckmair, from the book 'My Life' when talking of these amazing speed ascents of the 1938 route. Go something along these lines...."Though, who know's where they start and where they stop the watch" Highly recomend the read by the way!

In reply to Wry Gob:

Guy,



Aye,

Total nutter.

Perhaps.

Respect where it is due though.

One could say the same of many.
What did you forget on the last outing?
Both of the above?
And the compass?

Nutter or fool?

Look forward to your 1st book,

A short trip down the Vb and other tales,

Title?

Touching The Droid.