The death of record-breaking, award-winning Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck seemed inevitable to some – himself included
R“He said he was in extremely good shape and well prepared. He was never aggressive in taking risks; he was completely the opposite,” Steck’s spokesman, Andreas Bantel, told swissinfo.
As Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summits Treksexternal link told the Swiss News Agency, Steck, who was climbing alone, slipped and fell 1,000 metres between Everest’s Camps 1 and 2. He said that he and his team were “very sad about the loss of an excellent mountaineer and very nice person».
The Himalayan Timesexternal link reported that a group of six rescuers found “the scattered parts of his body” on Mount Nuptse, a smaller peak next to Everest – which, at 8,848 metres above sea level, is the highest mountain in the world.
Bantel has asked that the media not speculate about the exact circumstances out of respect for Steck and his family. Steck leaves behind his parents, his brother, and his wife, Nicole.
“He will probably be buried in Nepal. He was always a friend of the people there – the guides, specialists and Sherpas, and he loved being in their company,» Bantel said, noting that Steck’s family understood that and would travel there for his funeral.
“It was his passion to do this and he was quite aware of the risk,» Bantel told swissinfo.
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