26+ Swiss Mountain Climber Dies On Everest Gif. He steck skidded off about 1,000 meters from everest camp two early morning on sunday. A swiss climber acclaimed for his rapid ascents — including scaling dozens of peaks in the alps in a little more than two months — was killed sunday in a mountaineering accident near mount everest in nepal, expedition organizers said.
Swiss climber ueli steck died during a training accident sunday near mount everest, nepal's tourism department said.
Mount everest is littered with the bodies of climbers who died trying to scale it because it is very difficult to remove them safely credit: Everest's peak sits 5.5 miles above sea level. But the experience of climbing everest is probably a bit different than you'd imagine. A 'legendary' climber famous for incredibly fast ascents has died near everest.