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Famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck dies on Everest: officials

famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck climbing Mount Everest in Nepal.

Swiss climber Ueli Steck, one of the most feted mountaineers of his generation and famed for his speed ascents of iconic Alpine routes, died on Mount Everest on Sunday, officials said.

"Today morning, he had an accident on the Nuptse wall and died. It seems he slipped," Ang Tsering Sherpa, head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, told AFP.

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