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Ueli Steck killed on Everest
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:07 pm
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KATHMANDU: Ueli Steck (41), popularly known as ‘Swiss Machine’ in the mountaineering world, was killed in an accident near Camp II on Mt Everest on Sunday morning, multiple sources at the base camp of the world’s highest peak confirmed.
A group of six rescuers discovered a body of the multiple-record holder mountaineer near the Nuptse Face of Mt Everest where he could have slipped and fell on the ice-covered slope. Fellow mountaineers had seen him climbing Mt Nuptse alone at around 4:30 am.
The team has collected the scattered parts of the climber’s body. A Fishtail Air helicopter has also been sent to Camp II to conduct a long line rescue, according to a source at base camp.
This is the first death of the season on Mt Everest.
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Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:09 pm to Jim Rockford
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The team has collected the scattered parts of the climber’s body
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:09 pm to Jim Rockford
"scattered parts" 
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:09 pm to Jim Rockford
Scattered parts of his body? WTF?
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:09 pm to Jim Rockford
Died doing what he loved.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:10 pm to Jim Rockford
Who? And what's a mountaineer?
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:10 pm to Jim Rockford
I don't understand mountain climbing. It's like... why?
If you gave me the option to climb a mountain or not climb a mountain, I'm gonna not climb a mountain every time and find something better to do.
If you gave me the option to climb a mountain or not climb a mountain, I'm gonna not climb a mountain every time and find something better to do.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:10 pm to Carson123987
Hope the first part to scatter was his head.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:12 pm to boddagetta
Even if he fell say 1000 feet, what would have broken off? His head? Its not exactly a specialty of mine but I've never heard of people's arms and legs exploding off from a fall.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:12 pm to BigPerm30
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And what's a mountaineer?
A person who burns couches.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:14 pm to baldona
quote:I'm sure it's rocky and jagged and you keep falling and hitting more than once.
Even if he fell say 1000 feet, what would have broken off? His head? Its not exactly a specialty of mine but I've never heard of people's arms and legs exploding off from a fall.
I'm sure you can use your imagination.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:15 pm to Jim Rockford
Wow. This guy was amazing. He could literally run up super technical climbs.
Sad stuff.
Sad stuff.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:15 pm to PrimeTime Money
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It's like... why?
Because it's there......
Yeah....I don't get it either
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:16 pm to PrimeTime Money
Ice can be extremely sharp
He fell 3000 feet.
He fell 3000 feet.
This post was edited on 4/30/17 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:17 pm to baldona
He probably was getting shredded up by rocks and ice as he fell. Sounds pretty intense.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:18 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Sad. Everest has claimed many of the world's elite climbers.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:18 pm to Jim Rockford
Scattered body parts or whole, I thought they left any body who had died trying to climb Everest right where they had died.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:18 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
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This post was edited on 3/8/21 at 11:24 am
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:18 pm to PrimeTime Money
It wasn't the fall.
Posted on 4/30/17 at 12:19 pm to East Coast Band
They only leave them if it's too dangerous to get them down.
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