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.
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?
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!
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