A climber of incredible strength, Ueli Steck set climbing records for speed
\nand endurance that no one had previously thought possible. This deeply
\npersonal and revealing memoir, Ueli Steck: My Life in Climbing, is the only
\none of his books to be published in English.<\/p>\n
In 2016, Ueli established a new speed record on Eiger\u2019s North Face\u2014beating his
\nown record! That same year he climbed all 82 four-thousand-meter peaks in the
\nAlps within 62 days (traveling between the peaks by bicycle), and summited
\nAnnapurna\u2019s south face in 28 hours. But the dramatic events of the previous
\ntwo years\u2014the internationally reported conflict with Sherpas at Mount Everest,
\nand the discovery of Alex Lowe\u2019s body on Shishapangma\u2014changed him and made him
\nrethink his approach to the mountains.<\/p>\n
After withdrawing from the sport for a period, Ueli rediscovered his love of
\nclimbing, and in this memoir he explains how his perspective changed. While
\nhis drive to achieve in the mountains hadn\u2019t diminished, an evaluation of his
\nexperiences helped him find a new way to process the emotional and mental
\nchallenges that shaped his athletic outlook. Structured around key climbs,
\nUeli Steck: My Life in Climbing provides the history of each mountain and
\nroute, Ueli\u2019s reasons for attempting it, what happened on each climb itself,
\nand what he learned from the experience. It also includes some fascinating
\ninsights into his training regimen.<\/p>\n
Ueli infuses his story with the joy and freedom of climbing and running. He is
\nhonest, direct and, at times, exhibits the self-absorption common to many
\nelite athletes. Ultimately, however, his experiences brought him to a place of
\nself-awareness and he was no longer the same climber who first set the speed
\nrecord on the Eiger\u2019s North Face. Ueli was determined that he would take only
\nacceptable risks. Unfortunately, Ueli\u2019s bar for risk was still very high\u2014he
\ndied while on a training climb on the Himalayan peak Nuptse on April 30, 2017.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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