From 27/01/2009 to 15/02/2009

Ueli Steck

Back to the Matterhorn New Record on the Schmid-Route

Ueli Steck finds himself in perfect physical conditions. For the past few weeks, the weather in the Alps has been beautiful and the conditions on the great Northfaces in the Alps have been great . After Ueli Steck’s speed record on the Grandes Jorasses over the Colton-Macintyre route, it was very likely, that he was also going to try to establish a new speed record on the Matterhorn. Although in 2006 Ueli set up a new record on the difficult Bonatti route in 25 hours, this time he would try to break the record on the classic Schmid route on the Matterhorn Northface. The first ascent on the Matterhorn Northface was done by Franz and Toni Schmid in 1936. Ueli Steck has never climbed this route before. Therefore, Ueli faced the same challenges as during his speed ascent on the Grandes Jorasses.

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