Tales From The Steep | Ueli Steck | In a Tent with Death | Story 8

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A selfless act of courage. This man used his God given gifts to attempt to save another.

Ueli - wow, legend among legends, RIP. Showing true altruistic nature there, knock the door of the Death Zone to give some strangers help.

Wow. God bless Ueli for risking his own life to try and save the life of a stranger in such terrible circumstances. What courage!

I always looked up to Ueli. For all his amazing climbing achievements. The Eiger speed records. multi peak records, he climbed all 82 - 4000 metre peaks in the Alps in 2 months. And the most impressive, the South face of Annapurna speed record. One of the greatest climbers ever. I was sad when he died.

Some called Him The Swiss Machine but He was as HUMAN as I wish I could be...His humble and " ordinary " personality made Him Extraordinary!! R.I.P

We seemingly get desensitized from consuming films, videos, books and tales of horrific tragedies... But if/when it actually happens near us, to actually see and smell the illness and even the death of a real person beside you... It's such a trauma that could make you question and rethink all your priorities in life.

One of the best! The Swiss Machine lives on in our hearts! RIP Ueli

What a great person he was

Ueli was the best, a great climber a greater Human, so humble, he is really missed.

What a man! Sad your'e gone Ueli . R.I.P

This is one of the most compelling videos I've ever seen on YouTube. Such an incredible story! It seems Ueli really felt he had no choice but to go and try to help the others. But it also seems that even if the conditions had been significantly worse, such as if the weather was significantly more threatening, (or if he'd had 3 beers), he would still have felt a duty to go, no matter how risky this was. Did he really have a choice? Even considering he didn't even respect the decisions being made by the other team? It seems like there is an ethics of heroic duty in mountaineering which maybe needs to be reconsidered. But, I suppose the way it works is you think, "that could be me stuck up there". And then you become that guy stuck up there.

R.I.P. Ueli. One of the greats of all time. Unfortunately, like about 50% of all elite climbers 🧗‍♀️ (according to Mesner) he pushed too far, too fast and paid the Ultimate Price. His successful climb of the South Face of Annapurna was stellar enough to put him in the history books forever. Never mind all his other fine accomplishments. Now…gone, way too soon…

Poor Ueli Steck so sad what happened to him , climbing world will miss him , he was the best alpinist ever , Rest In Peace Swiss machine , such a great guy too

It was hard hearing this story knowing that Ueli is gone now too :(

He is a far better man than me ........ I would never have put myself in such peril for a complete stranger.

when he wa saying " it makes you questioning , why do you do mountaniring "" man....i felt so sad kmowing that 2 years later, it was hes time to go up. So sad Uli

Such a brave man ... Miss u buddy

Heroic stuff what a legend RIP

What a legend . 🙏🙏 Rip.