Mountain Hardwear and Snow+Rock will be hosting a night with Ueli Steck during which he will be sharing his latest line of feats, including his reclaimed Eiger record, in only 2 hours, 22 minutes. The lecture titled ‘Ueli Steck/Magic Moments’ will be held at the London Geographical Society on 22 January. 2015 proved to be a big year for Steck, including his …
Steck finishes 82 Summits
Yesterday (August 11) Ueli Steck completed his latest project which was to climb the 82 alpine 4,000m peaks. The Swiss alpinist announced it on Facebook this morning with the following post: “Yesterday we finished the 82 Summits.I am super exited. The morning yesterday started with a 3.5h detour. I missed the trail in the dark and i run up the …
Steck and Wohllehen to link alpine 4000ers by bike
This summer, Ueli Steck and Michael (Michi) Wohlleben will tackle a new project – purely for the love of the mountains – to summit all 82 4,000m peaks in the Alps in 80 days, linking them only by bicycle. Ueli Steck announced the project this weekend to those attending the Arc’teryx Academy in Chamonix, appearing to the crowd through Facetime. …
Ueli Steck wows Kendal Mountain Festival
Last weekend saw another successful Kendal Mountain Festival take place, and among the many highlights was the appearance of the world’s leading alpinist, Ueli Steck, who mesmerised a packed audience in Kendal leisure centre during the Saturday evening session, which was sponsored by Ueli’s sponsor, Mountain Hardwear. Ueli seemed to be everywhere during the day: first he joined runners in …
Kendal Mountain Festival is GO!
It’s Thursday evening and we’ve just come from the opening ceremony of the 2014 Kendal Mountain Festival, which kickstarts three days of films, lectures and socialising in the heart of the Lake District! Crowds gathered in the centre of Kendal for the now-traditional screening of the official KMF trailer, introduced by ‘MC’ Andy Perkins and new co-patron of the festival …
Update: The winner of our Ueli Steck competition is…
This Saturday, 22nd November, the winner of our Ueli Steck competition will be interviewing the man himself, and collecting his new jacket! The lucky winner is Christian Shaw, and in just a couple of days he’ll be talking with Ueli at Kendal Mountain Festival. He’ll be asking the best questions submitted by our readers, so stay tuned to hear about …
Competition: Meet Ueli Steck and win his Mountain Hardwear Torsun Jacket!
How would you like to interview one of the biggest ever mountaineering stars? You could also walk away wearing the jacket he uses and a couple of tickets to the Kendal Mountain Festival! Ueli Steck, one of the greatest alpinists alive today, invites you to lunch! Well-known for his almost unbelievable speed ascent of Annapurna’s legendary South Face in only …
ShAFF 2014 tickets now on sale
Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, with more than 100 adventure sports films from award winning filmmakers set to grace the big screen. Held at the Showroom Cinema & Workstation and Sheffield Hallam University Campus, the festival will take place from 4 – 6 April with a weekend packed full of short and feature …
Nepal increases security on Everest
Climbers heading for Mount Everest could soon encounter extra security, following the decision by Nepal to deploy a team of security officials at base camp. Heightened security levels on the mountain come as a result of last year’s conflict between European mountaineers Ueli Steck and Simone Moro and a group of Sherpa, after a fight broke out regarding the fixing …
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