Ueli Steck, born on 4th October 1976, was a Swiss rock climber and mountaineer. Steck was the first to climb Annapurna solo, and set speed records on the North Face trilogy in the Alps. Ueli won two Piolet d'Or awards, in 2009 and 2014. Having previously scaled Mount Everest, Steck died on 30th April 2017, after falling during an acclimatization climb for an attempt on the Hornbein route on the West Ridge of Everest without supplemental oxygen.
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