Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck is the first person to solo the south face of Nepal's 26,545-foot Annapurna.

Annapurna, South Face by Tomaz Humar "I climbed a new route in pure alpine style without knowing that a team climbed this wall in 1988 not far from my new route. I climbed the route in just 2 days (up ...

The climbing history of Nanga Parbat's fearsome Rupal Face, including bold winter climbs, lucky escapes, and cutting-edge ...

Annapurna South Face Tomaz Humar: the red line marks the ascent route chosen by Tomaz Humar, while the orange line indicates the route climbed by Hajzer-Kukuczka Planetmountain.com is a site about ...

In one of the most audacious, yet perfectly executed, climbs, Ueli Steck soloed a new route on the south face of Annapurna in 2013.

The 4,100m South Face of Dhaulagiri I has stymied great climbers since 1977. It is one of the last big undone challenges on an 8,000m peak. Until the end of 2023, 417 expeditions have attempted ...

The Nilgiri Himal in the Annapurna massif includes 7,061m Nilgiri North, 6,940m Nilgiri Central, and 6,839m Nilgiri South. Nilgiri North and Nilgiri South are considered main peaks, while Nilgiri ...

Ueli Steck is returning to Annapurna I – the tenth-highest mountain in the world – where he survived a 300-metre fall down a sheer ice cliff in May 2007. swissinfo spoke to him in the Nepalese ...

South Face not an option Ama Dablam was the goal, but the climbers admitted that their first idea was not a new route on the West Face but rather the South Face.