Ueli Steck New Speed Record Eiger 2015
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- Ueli Steck, the “Swiss Machine,” has yet again broken the record for a solo speed ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. On November 16, 2015, Steck took advantage of good weather and climbing conditions and pushed for the summit of the classic Heckmair Route (ED2, 1800m, 1938) in a mere 2 hours 22 minutes.
Filmed by Samcam Film Switzerland with a Drone. Samcam Crew is specialised in aerial mountain filming including Shotover, Cineflex v14, Cineflex elite and Cineflex ultra. Motocrane Ultra
Filmed in HD, 4K, 5K, 6K, 7K, 8K. LiveU.
crew. Samcam film.
alpinist: ueli steck
film by: samuel gyger, samcam film
cameramen: gery gafner / samuel gyger
drone pilot: stefan hunziker
edit: maximilian eckmann
sound mix: lukas erni
music: Zachary David - Coming Home
mountain safety: hansruedi gertsch
communication: bruno fahrni, rebekka gyger, sven allenbach
thanks to: jungfrau railways & eiger vision
What a guy. The climbing world isn't the same without you. RIP may your spirit soar above the mountain tops you loved so dear.
RIP Ueli Steck you will always be the Swiss Machine...
Ueli Steck is a legend. You are so missed, Ueli. 🇨🇭
RIP Ueli Steck. A magnificent demonstration of master in climbing and mastery in life. His death does not mean defeat. It only means he never stopped doing what he loved the most. He was Unstoppable.
Um, falling down a mountain smashing your body to pieces would say otherwise
I have been in Interlaken this week for the first time and Ueli has been on my mind all week. A fantastic person and relentless climber
The mountain stopped him, he wasn't bigger than the mountain
Gravity is always the winner.
The world was to small for him :)
I was on this route 40 years ago, amazing experience. 😊
R.I.P to the best to ever do it .
I fenomeni vanno ricordati come tali e non giudicati per le loro scelte!
Personalmente penso che i "non mi piace" su questa impresa sia solo frutto di invidia di persone che non sfiorano nemmeno con il pensiero di cosa sia l' alpinismo puro, quello che ti senti dentro, che ti spinge a fare sempre di più, anche se si è consapevoli dei rischi che si corrono.
Questo è il mio pensiero di amante della montagna e ammiratore degli alpinisti come Ueli...
Giuliano Zanga
Sadly, Ueli Steck took his last climb about two years ago this month (April, 2017) at age 40. It is thought that he fell over 3,000' to his death in an acclimatization climb in preparation of climbing Mt. Everest again. It seems incredible that someone who was such a successful mountaineer would die on a mountain, but he MAY have been trying for speed in his last climb. Very sad, RIP. Ueli!
the "safe way". nothing on this video looked very "safe" climbing solo, but that's Ueli. what a magnificent climber he was.
When it was first climbed they took days and had to bivouac. This super human Swiss genius ran up it in two hours.
Unbelievable .RIP Ueli
A remarkable and humble man. He lived a life of admirable authenticity, being true to himself, what courage that takes. And a lesson for us all. RIP
Just clicked on the video and immediately a thought flashed into my head (given it has been 6 years since this video was posted), I wondered, "Is this man still alive?"...Deep condolences to the man's friends and family...
Светлая память. Он был одним из самых лучших альпинистов мира
Health and fitness aside, I can honestly say that I wish I had this guy's courage, head for heights, expertise and stamina...
...also, I'm glad I don't have this guy's courage, head for heights, expertise and stamina..!
Well said.
Yeah, especially that he is dead now.
Quel courage y-a-t-il dans ce demi suicide ?
@@alexvernes9264 quel est le tien dans ton suicide complet de vivre ta vie de tous les jours ?
@@michelpognante3934 Je n'ai jamais gardé les cochons, encore moins avec vous. Ce tutoiement, vous l'avez appris dans votre porcherie ? Ne parlant pas non plus le porc, pourriez-vous traduire vos grognements en français ? Merci d'avance.
RIP Ueli 🇨🇭. You have reached impossible things in your live on earth 💪.
rest in peace ueli, you are a real inspiration for me, even if i am not an alpinist 🙌🏻 🇨🇭
whoever chose the music, well done
Very impressive I must say.
Eine Legende und ein Pionier. Rest in Peace - Ueli Steck. Ein Mann der die Grenzen des Menschenmöglichen erweiterte!
JRE got me here Rest in peace crazy brother you died doing the thing you loved so mutch..its probaly everybodys wish if there comes a point when we die. Brave hearts live forever
Gracias por habernos enseñado la libertad del movimiento y la capacidad del ser humano para vencer obstáculos. A dónde quieras que hayas ido... te digo: hasta siempre compañero Ueli.
Силён духом.🌏
Congrat Ueli ! New Era is coming ..
I like the adventure and new expierence. To be faster then others mean to repeat it very often and to look on the clock. But speed is only one factor and often the adventure is much deeper if I do something very slowly and meditative.
Despide that I like Ueli Steck, which express his passion in all variants. But to be faster in new area means simple more danger
Eiger free solo with such a Speed just incredible - Ueli forever the best, Legend RIP
Ueli , you surely climbed to heaven from this Earth.. 🙏
You lived man!
RIP Ueli, always an inspiration
Rip....sarai sempre il numero UNO.
I know nothing about mountain climbing but the video i had just watched before this was a documentary about Tony Kurtz(is the spelling right?) and his friends trying to climb the eiger and dying, and then i see this as a recommended video and click on it and i'm like wtf...
+himssendol Toni Kurz in 1938, second attempt ever of this still unclimbed face.
Today it takes two days to climb it for a seasoned, experienced alpinist.
These few hours records are made by the very best professional alpinists.
+himssendol The Beckoning Silence narrated by Joe Simpson (from Touching the Void).Yeah a very good doco..
In 1936 Toni Kurz died with his mate Andreas Hinterstoißer by an attempt to climb the eiger north face. They helped the injured Willy Angerer(who was Hitten by a rock) and his mate Eduard Rainer to bring Willy down, they all died. And in 1938 the eiger north face was climed the first time.
Grande como ninguno y un ejemplo para todos. DEP Ueli.
Totally amazing what this man accomplished setting this record. I would agree with him that the climb should be about the experience rather than attempting to set records.
WOW! Just perfect! Mind the last comments about his "trip"...that's it!
Absolute freak. Legend.
Wow! Rip to a real legend and icon.
How had he managed the descent of the Eiger. With the same climbing technique? Speed?
2019 Oscar awards goes to uli steck .
Amazing.
WHAT A TOTAL BOSS.
LEGEND.
5☆
Legend, does anyone know when doing the speed climbs on Eiger if the do the hinterstoisser traverse?
The machine finally fell asleep in the Mother of all mountains... R.I.P
When You will have a chance to stand of the front of the “North Face”
It will blow Your Mind.
This wall.....
Eine wahre Bergsteiger Legende!
Legends never die!
incredibly incredible :)
numero uno
The guy is amazing!!
1:07 in a safe way...He is just asking for death. 100 times he does it, 101 could be less lucky. A simple mistake could send him down 1 km... Man, respect your family, mother. You are not alone.
You were right, bro.......
Exactly. I don't even understand this background music, as if it was
about a harmless hobby. This is more dangerous than fighting at war.
Both things are insane.
He went down to around 3000 ft. Its almost 1 km. you knew it all man! That's unbelievable
Katrina Richard He didn't sacrifice his dreams......he sacrificed his life.
That doesn't change facts. Just pointing it out. :-)
The true means of the word machine!!
Un alpinista ed uomo eccezionale ed ineguagliabile.n
We miss him!!
R.I.P. live with mountain 4ever
RIP. Respect. But this video proves that his death was no mystery. Climbing like this, a disaster is just waiting to happen. A question of when, not if. He was living on borrowed time. The Himalayas finally got him.
Rest in peace! My friend~
He knew climbing would kill him, but that didn't stop him.
All time great climber but Jesus Christ to even associate that type of climbing on those grades with the word SAFE is beyond crazy to me. This guy lived by the mountain and died by it. No disrespect meant in anyway. Rest in piece to a extraordinary gutsy brave climber.
что может быть круче - я не знаю...
I miss Ueli.
outright machine!
I was climbing Eiger once. I couldn't make it to the top. The train doesn't go that high...
What an athlete. RIP
Bergsteigen ist kein Sport sondern eine Lebenseinstellung. Die Vergötzung der Rekorde ist ein Wahnsinn - kein Rekord ist es wert sein Menschenleben zu riskieren.
RIP Ueli, one of the grests 💔
Смотрел видео и подумал как же рискует этот альпинист, без страховки на Айгер, игнорирует технику безопасности при подъёме. И вот читаю коменты, он погиб в 2019 при восхождении. Очень жаль его и хотел бы сказать альпинистам не игнорируйте технику безопасности, не бойтесь повернуть назад при восхождении ведь на кону Ваша жизнь и здоровье а также Ваших товарищей, за это Вас никто не осудит, ведь будет ещё время для восхождения на вершину.
Great mountaineer. RIP.
adventure means not to die
which part of the route is shown at 2:13?
+Zorzek I'm not certain but it looks like the lower part of the wall. I think he's right above the 'difficult crack'. If you look at the image on wikipedia which is labelled as 'The Heckmair route' this would be 'Schwieriger Riss' at the bottom right.
The fact that he climbed the Eiger north face in less than 2.5 hrs makes his 28-hr solo on the south face of Annapurna seem even more amazing. He even admitted to taking some serious risk in that climb. I'm really surprised these weren't documented by entire film crews, some of the most epic climbs in history.
I know yeah shame coz that's incredible
Ya im sure a film crew would love working on annapurna 😂😂😂
Annapurna story is likely a lie though. He never reached the summit.
@@guitarjacob1237 😂😂😂
@@guitarjacob1237 i dont now, if was another guy i would agree with you, but ueli was insane, and i really dont think that he would risk his career lying
Even us non-climbers miss Ueli. How can anyone fail to be impressed by this? It's such an incredible feat. Dead or alive, nobody can take it away from him. Then theres his other achievements, which are many.
BS. No sympathy whatsoever for stupidity and selfishness
Beautiful comment. Thanks for showing respect🙏
Come mai criticò dani Arnold di aver attrezzato il pezzo/ traverso e poi lo attrezzò pure lui? Una caduta di stile per un campione così
Why did Dani Arnold criticize him for having equipped the piece/traverse and then he equipped it too? A drop in style for such a champion
RIP Ueli Steck. I miss you 😟
RIP. Mountaineering legend gone way too soon.. :/
it is sad... but not something unpredictable
Why is he missing? He only tried to be killed by a mountain because he wasn't able to do it himself. He was crazy.
Uwe Neuhaus have some respect you fucking idiot
Uwe Neuhaus jesus i know something for sure that noone is gonna miss you dipshit thats why you wrote this comment
I still remember the day crying when I heard of Ueli's death while climbing the Nuptse. I guess he died doing what he liked to do best...not everyone can say that. May his soul rest in peace.
He is climbing the stairway to heaven now- RIP
He risked all...he paid the ultimate price. Did he die happy? Dunno. Doubt it. Did he die content? Maybe. Did he die doing what he loved? Ab-so-lutely.
He prolly broke the record to the top
Where abouts is that
@@nathenbosher1067 he died on a mountian adjacent to Mt Everest. Nuptse
he fell off actually
“The light that burns twice as bright, burns for half as long.”
Ueli’s death is a tragedy for his family, of course, but, in a way, he is connected to the rest of us too. He was one of those rare individuals who, by his example, inspired the more ordinary of us to be that bit better and exceed our self-imposed limitations. Human progress does not advance by accident; it needs torch bearers to show the way and we all owe Ueli our gratitude.
His family can be immensely proud.
Another stupid comment...
Messner lives, Bonatti died of elderness.
In another field Alex Honnold and many rock climbers live.
As usual ignorant people write comments on subject they have no clue about...
You can admire what you're unable to achieve or be jealous. Different mindsets.
@@cedricraultverpre6793 I wouldn't call anyone stupid or jelous who cherishes life more than showing off uselessly on a cliff. Go and see a doctor you muppet
@V
Inspiring to be dead?
Pauvre Rob .....
@@cedricraultverpre6793 D'autant que le comportement à la montagne de M. Steck est souvent limite, avec des appuis précaires. Ce n'est pas de la belle grimpe, comme si M. Steck voulait en finir en laissant l'accident en décider.
He talked about one of the most brutal north faces in the alps like it is some training tour, the man was on another level.
Watching this in 2019 makes me cry...
RIP Ueli, you are the LEGEND.
If the undying soul do exists, i hope yours is still climbing the mountains somewhere...
Mountain Madness Same here
Your name reminds me the year 1996
Only salvation is through Christ alone.
R.I.P. Climbing is a dangerous sport even for the best. Ueli Steck (October 4, 1976 - April 30, 2017) ;-(
I’m not an active person, I’ve never climbed a mountain, nor do I intend too. But this man is such an inspiration to me. RIP Ueli.
You should climb one mountain to understand how crazy is this man
so how is he an inspiration for you, u know nothing
@@kovent2710 you know nothing
@@kovent2710 I'm inspired by some company owners pulling gold out of shit.
Does that make me a company owner? No. You can be inspired by stuff outside your comfort zone.
After reading Heinrich Harrers "The White Spider" this feat is nothing more than unfathomable in it's grace and achievement. Absolutely mesmerising.
this guy climped up a the eiger nordwand in 2 hours , i played games on my ps4 the last 2 hours ... hmmm
LOL!
No, it took him almost 3 hours but he didn't have his joystick in his hand the whole time.
You did right. You were save and you are still alive. Life is much more than a constant rush of adrenaline.
That's one way to look at it. Another would be that Ueli lived more in 40 years than most of us could live in 100.
Most of us have better things to do with our time than go up and down the terrain.
A humble man, with amazing skills. Sad that he's gone so soon.
He wasn’t humble at all, amazing skills yes. But why do bottom feeders always feel the need to post some useless nonsense “humble man” while not knowing him at all just for some attention? Shut up simpleton. Enjoy the great skills he had, but shut up about what you not know.
@@Hermanos22 he knows, you do not know. fail.
@@wufflon2131 😂 simpleton
I guess that this speed thing for the sake of speed is a dead end for climbing, it's kind of disrespect for the seriousness of mountaineering. It's only reasonable if speed is there for increasing safety. But we all live in a marketing world and there are less and less goals to achieve.
Good bye "Swiss machine", another bad day in history. RIP Ueli (4 October 1976 - 30 April 2017)
Got news of his passing a few hours ago. Rest in peace to the legend. I believe that he died yesterday (4/30/2017) in a fall near Everest. R.I.P. to a humble and talented man. In many ways Ueli Steck and the sport are the same -- in that we all loved or admired the man. Thank you Ueli and my condolences to the family & friends he shared his life with.
Thank goodness Ueli did it in a save way! For a moment I thought speed climbing the Eiger north-face free-solo in 2:22 was slightly dangerous, now I am relieved!
Max E he died ob mount everes
He means climbing it without taking undue risk. He was a very experienced climber, and what looks mind boggling to us, Ueli had done a thousand times before. It's like saying "drive safely". Driving is far from safe, but there are things you can do to reduce your risk of an accident.
lol free soloing is nothing like driving a car, it is waaay more dangerous
Invader it was mt nuptse not Everest.
None of the replies so far seem to have appreciated the irony of your comment, yet you pointed out something very prescient, namely the inherent risk of Ueli's climbing style.
RIP...the mountains are there...
Rest in peace superhuman :'(
Seeing how he looked on that steep mountain, all alone, yet bravely taking the steps up and, I feel like, doing it straight out of love for the mountains, adventure and moutaineering, and being humble when he reached the top, left me feeling inspired. I did not know he existed, but now I do.
"Bravely"? Absolutely nothing brave about it
Rip Ueli, inspiration, genuine, hero, unreal, legend. Thank you so much for the example of how you lived
and he is just an amazing person too!!! What a great person. Farewell, Ueli Steck. We never forget you!
The Mountain is not crazy. Crazy is the man that climbs it. Rest in peace Ueli.
Man, this looks almost like The Wall from Game of Thrones. I do not undestand how to "safely" climb that - I mean 1 slip and you are done.
+Lukas N. simple, just have three points in contact with the ice or rock at all times :-D
+Lukas N. It's fucking INSANE. Literally, what you said is true. There are many, many times when he is max THREE SECONDS away from a possibly INCREDIBLY PAINFUL DEATH . . . everything he ever knew disappears. All records, everything, gone. No sunrise tomorrow, no coffee warming your hand, no bird chirping. All gone for eternity.
A wise man once said:
"Remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime.
"Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think well what may be the end."
Sam Dallas Sam, actually, the "wise man" was Edward Whymper, who was the first guy who climbed the Matterhorn (and four members of the climbing team died on the way down). Steck is a lunatic but there are other lunatics, especially that dude who likes to climb Yosemite with no ropes. One rock crumbles and he is climbing Lucifer's Nose.
+Lukas N. you don´t even have to slip... I´ve been there and returned after about 100 metres because of all the stones that kept falling from 2000 m above. That was so scary.
Lukas N. hello avaiou
Most people are so terrified of heights and falling that they would never try this. I think climbers are thrilled and energized by the risk. The problem is that, like the mosquito, they inevitably get too close to the light
May you ever rest Ueli! One of the greatest mountaineers to ever have lived, and has one of the greatest achievements of humankind. We will all cherish your time on earth.
Of humankind?? Really?
What is the achievement exactly?
His cardio must have been incredible
I watch these videos to help me feel bad about myself
How is that different from what Alex Honnold does? What is the danger level? I mean he's climbing without any safety ropes in a near vertical wall of rock and ice twice the height of El Captan in half the time.
This man spent his life climbing towards the heavens... now he made it all the way. The world will miss Ueli
if you have 100000 people playing russian roulette, statistically there will be someone, who survives it 66 times. That does not mean it is safe!!!
I will never forget you! Rest in Peace Ueli!
Este hombre era un máquina, descansa en paz, ueli.