Dane Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 http://www.alpineexposures.com/pages/ueli-steck-smashes-the-grandes-jorasses-north-face-record wowsiers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 WOW! Zat is imprezzive, NO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I was really impressed until I found out it wasn't Allen Steck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 OMG....truly sick! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannible Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 "Whilst soling you are naturally going to be taking your time making sure that you are fully relaxed and that all placements are good ones- on the flip side a speed soloist cant afford this kind of attitude and has to just assume that every first time placement isn’t going to rip. As Steck pointed out you really just have to go for it and even if you know the axe is wobbly or the crampon point could rip at any second you just have to put it out of your mind and keep moving on up- if you take time to replace all your dodgy placements then you can say goodbye to your speed record." To each his own, but a speed record is a silly thing to kill yourself for in my opinion. Still impressive as all hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Not saying you can't die doing this sort of thing but remember it is someone else speaking for Steck in your quote. If you have kept track, Steck seems pretty squared away doing this (climbing hard mixed) kind of stuff. Blood from Stone comes to mind as well. http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/pillagecanadaice07/ http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/swissrocketmen07/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredSilly Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Just a little reminder folks the little c with a circle around it means the photograph is copyrighted. That means reposting as been done above is illegal. Further, even without the copyright mark it is still copyrighted. Unfortunately, the folks who maintain this website have to deal with it. Please be respectful and post links instead of the photo. All of the photos can be found in these two links: http://www.alpineexposures.com/pages/ueli-steck-smashes-the-grandes-jorasses-north-face-record http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/pillagecanadaice07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhöQ Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I was really impressed until I found out it wasn't Allen Steck. Dude, I so thought the exact same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhöQ Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Just a little reminder folks the little c with a circle around it means the photograph is copyrighted. That means reposting as been done above is illegal. Further, even without the copyright mark it is still copyrighted. Unfortunately, the folks who maintain this website have to deal with it. Please be respectful and post links instead of the photo. Get a grip man, the copyright and name still let us know the original poster did not take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetBoss Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Just a little reminder folks the little c with a circle around it means the photograph is copyrighted. That means reposting as been done above is illegal. Further, even without the copyright mark it is still copyrighted. Unfortunately, the folks who maintain this website have to deal with it. Please be respectful and post links instead of the photo. All of the photos can be found in these two links: http://www.alpineexposures.com/pages/ueli-steck-smashes-the-grandes-jorasses-north-face-record http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/pillagecanadaice07 Chill - no disrespect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBo6 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 http://blog.mountainhardwear.com/2009/01/ueli_steck_soloes_the_grandes.html Check out the comments. Feel free to delete the post if you don't want to deal with t t i w o H n a D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 & Ueli's at it again, Matterhorn NF in under 2 hours. http://climbing.com/news/hotflashes/steck_solos_matterhorn_north_face_in_156/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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