WHAT A LOSS:THE FAMOUS SPEED-CLIMBER UELI STECK LIVES NO MORE (Satis Shroff)
Ueli Steck: was a fascinating Swiss climber from Basle (near Freiburg) and now he lives no more. He was known for his daredevil speed-climbing in the Alps and the Himalayas, and had a row with Sherpas while climbing a few years back.Ueli was a blogger, climber and an inspiration for young climbers throughout the world. The world of high-altitude climbing will miss him. May his Bergsteiger rest in peace. ---Satis Shroff The Sherpa Issue: Live and Let Die on the Death-Zone (Satis Shroff) Can you imagine over a hundred Sherpas throwing stones and threatening climbers from abroad? Even the Swiss climber admits that the deep animosity between the tourist-climbers and the Sherpas was more of a behavioural nature, and a longstanding one at that. What made the normally peaceful Sherpas threaten the visitor from abroad with ice-picks? Was it a deadly faux pas that brought the wrath of the Sherpas? The three foreigners wanted to climb the Lhotse’s flank up Camp 3 to...