Ueli Steck in Les Drus "North Couloir Direct" (VI, Al 6+, M8) 

That's an amazing story! We all miss him.

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which climb?

Like meeting Kobe Bryant at local park epic

Gosh so cool. Reminds me the last time we passed each other on Everest

Bro that's literally me lmao

I'm like "what does he have against protection?!" lol

Respect... and R.I.P. To Mugs, Tobin and Roberts

For real, you are a legend.

wow!

No, just stupid and selfish

Alexis Zaganidis you’re an idiot. It’s his life.

Non meritava di lasciarci così presto! Un mito una leggenda...impareggiabile!

Amoluck .

Heath Cliff you are a twat.

@@heathcliff8624 R.I.P Ueli

@Jed Butcher Heroin overdose

Seriously. Right

:(

Would be even better without the music

So doing K2's west face or GIV's west face isn't harder?

@@mpreiss7780 he said one of the hardest you dumbass, meaning there are other equally hard or harder climbs, it was from 2 years ago have some respect for the man in the video

@@MrSpenc1997 Wooohh my comment had nothing to do with the guy climbing in the video as I know les dru has very difficult climbing I just thought the comment was little over the top.

Mate how can you compare a low altitude technical climb to a high altitude climb that most likely doesn’t involve vertical technical climbing like les Drus? Doesn’t make sense…

@@stonersixtynine2980 I guess 'hard" climbing doesn't mean the same for everyone. The faces i mentioned do have technical climbing. I'm sure up to 5.9 M5 and possibly aid and at over 7000 Meters, so hardly a walk up. If pure technical numbers are all that matters I'm sure there's "harder" places like Howse peak's east face or even at pure mixed climbing areas. Les drus is awesome but hardest spot on earth?

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Yes, very nice to have so healthy lungs... once in 1998 when I was 21, I remember I held my breath for 3 minutes and 42 seconds in the stream water and there was none of the others even to cross half and a minute.. Human body is like your friend,, if you understand yourself and talk to each of your body cells for example talking to your fingers, eyes, etc and then addressing your abstract-self specially your neurons... you can then make friends with your body and once you begin to successfully control your body, you can even stop your breathing for five minutes.

I didn't exhale until I read your comment. This footage is *astonishing*. To see how quick and confident they are in their axe and crampon placement, on terrain that makes a cactus look like a massage chair... there could only ever be one Ueli!

+OlsenUpdate Me too!...

You mean relatively slow!

OlsenUpdate Its because its filmed in slowmo...

OlsenUpdate now he is not moving at all!

Still that liddle icecrust on the rock if it falls off ...

Strength, skill and determination. He was a good climber who made a fatal mistake.

He died well and he knew it was likely he would end like that

Dead in your 40's. That's all

Yeh, looks insane :D It's probably not as steep as it seems in that angel. Might be the part he is climbing around 2:18, so not so difficult...for him.

@@doppelcorn1 Exactly. If you film upside down, _everything_ looks insane.

Cornelius Kuhn i am pretty sure it is that steep, he is just a bit crazy;)

It was filmed to intentionally look steeper than it is. That section is only class 2. Easy as walking.

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BrokenRRT I'm afraid to say you won't see anymore from this incredible man, he died on Everest (Nuptse) to be exact, whilst acclimatising for an Everest lhotse traverse by the west ridge/hornbein couloir, so sad, he will be missed.

Horrible and sad!

Good mRne

Giuly Zanga penso che abbia ispirato tanto anche Daniele, ora sono insieme lassù

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It's silly to compare technical mixed/ice to Everest. They are totally different beasts. There's nothing easy or "not serious" about climbing Everest, even if it's not technical.

somebody with a lot of experience at both lol

RIP ueli

@That Flippin Guy Yes, likely because he brought walking poles and not ice axes, and fell...

​@@jasonshields515 The climb of this video or Everest? This climb was done by professionals using proper equipment, and therefore safer than, for example, walking in the icefall on the standard Everest route. Still a relatively risky activity, but not that much worse than riding a motorcycle.

You people need help

rip

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Glad you lived through it all.

lol ... good catch. Obviously a little bit of dramatic editing.

No, the dumbest one and not an example to follow in anyway. Disregarding safety for some bucks more is the antithesis of sport.

@@andreaaltan3982 It is personal choice what level of risk we all take in life. What may seem dumb to you, might be the only way he wants to live his life. I certainly know of people in BASE who were very obviously going to go in at some point and told about it. They knew it and accepted it.

@@Superterminal Maybe, maybe. But NEVER the "greatest alpine climber". It is exactly like calling the "greatest driver" a guy who arrives first by running the red lights. To celebrate such mentality is dangerous for the YOUNG people who get the false impression that that is an example to follow. He deserves rather a title like the "Most Negligent Climber" in modern times.

@@andreaaltan3982 I don't know. "The greatest whatever" is always so hard to qualify in any sport and he was certainly up there with them. The fact is, that speed records have been set and broken for years and years now. The only way you are going to break them now, is to climb at the expense of safety. If that's what he chose to do then he knew the risks. I cannot comment with regards to mountaineering, but if it's anything like BASE you / he will know and have met many friends that die in the sport over the years. Sadly it is just part of it. I also think it condescending to assume that "young people" are all the same and cannot see the risks he takes.

@@Superterminal of course he can do whatever he wants and break all arithmetically fabricated (and useless) "records". The problem is in praising or celebrating such self destructive behavior.

Yeah dude I fell down the Alpinism rabbit hole

Nice tribute to a truly great man …. Ueli was one of a rare breed. But please stop the guess work .... you don't know how long he knew he was going to die. You don't know what state his brain was or if he was suffering from hypoxia! No need for your guess work. RIP Ueli,

@@3vimages471 Unless he hit his head somehow and was knocked out, he knew. Do some scientific research to see how many seconds it takes to fall 3280 feet, and research what hypoxia does to the brain, it is certain at that altitude for the human body to be hypoxic and unless he wasn't human, it most certainly affected him. Balance, coordination, concentration, vision and motor skills and bodily functions all break down. At 11,500', where it starts affect the body physically and mentally, there is only 65% as much O2 as the body needs, at 18,000' there is only 50% of the O2 needed, and at 25,000', the body will start to shut down due to lack of oxygen after a short amount of time. That should tell you that ANY human's brain will be affected from a lower oxygen level and it IS DANGEROUS, even for the most experienced, acclimated climber!!

@@3vimages471 NO GUESS WORK, 3V, its FACT: do some research!

M.J. Leger Well done Einstein, you just defeated your own argument with your opening word "UNLESS" ........ so unless something else happened, I am definitely right! Ha ha ha. As I said, stop with the guess work when nobody knows why Ueli fell.He could have been hit by rock or ice and been totally unconscious for all you know. And I don't need your Wikipedia lessons about hypoxia and oxygen levels at altitude; either; I have been up the Khumbu glacier to Everest Base Camp at 5300m ...... have you? My lesson for you; think first and stop making an idiot out of yourself!

@@3vimages471 It is NOT about you, narcissist, it is for others who are interested enough to learn something! You're obsolete, so bye, bye, bye to you!

RIP :(

Really? ridiculous

You have no idea what brave means

abseil down the rope... or if it is a mountain with an easier way down then you go that way.

And his ice axes

@@kyledavis7299 and my sword

@@staffanbergstrom2265 and his balls of steel.

Я так понял он уже погиб. Интересно при каких обстоятельствах?

Согласен,страховка хреновая.

Tony Y put a new layer on?

@Justin Kerns His massive balls finally caused gravity to drag him off the mountain

Mephistopheles 😆💪❤️

My name is dani. Doesnt work.

rip

What happen to him??

As do I 😔

@finen He fell thousands of feet. How could you not see this coming? Like all the clowns who glorify this selfish activity