Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Winter Replay - Eiger Speed Ascent (Video)

The link to this video made the rounds this winter, but I had to take another look at it with summer coming to a close, and the snow getting set to fall before too long.  Ueli Steck free climbs the Eiger in 2:47, in nothing short of amazing fashion.  The videography is great; the climbing is great, but what I'm always astounded by is how fast he moves once he hits the snow fields.  It's worth a viewing if you haven't watched it.

3 comments:

Brad Mitchell said...

Hardcore free alpine climbing- BALLS OF SOLID STEEL! Great vid.

Speedgoat Karl said...

Not balls of steel. Balls of Clank!

Unknown said...

that's amazing. kudos to the film maker