14 minutes of a man who looked at three deadly peaks and said 'I'll do them all before lunch.'
Famous for his fast solos on the harshest north faces of the Alps, Ueli Steck decided to learn a new sport: paragliding! Not always easy learning, but useful learning, and Ueli didn't take long to perform under one wing. Paragliding allowed him to complete the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau trilogy in one day climbing the three peaks solo and depending on the paragliding faces from the peaks....
Practical Effects
Real-deal Alpine climbing, zero safety nets, all camera capture.
Cinematography
Switzerland shot like a fever dream of impossible geometry.
Stunts
Ueli paragliding between peaks he solo-climbed hours earlier.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steck redefined Alpine speed climbing; this short captures him mid-pivot, treating lethal airspace like a commute.
The Eiger's north face killed over 60 before Steck soloed it in 2 hours 47 minutes—then flew to the next one.
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