Passage: Pazera remakore gumi nemanomwe, Steck akawana 9th yepamusoro yekunetseka (UIAA) mukukwira. Semunhu ane makore gumi nemasere akakwira kumusoro kweNorth Face yeEiger uye Bonatti Pillar muMont Blanc massif. Muna Chikumi 2004, iye naStephan Siegrist vakakwira Eiger, Mönch naJungfrau mukati maawa makumi maviri nemashanu. Imwe budiriro yaive inonzi "Khumbu-Express Expedition" muna 2005, iyo magazini yekukwira Climb yakamutumidza mumwe wevatatu vepamusoro-soro vanokwira muEurope. Iyo purojekiti yaive yekutanga solo kukwira kwechamhembe kwemadziro eCholatse (6,440 m) uye kumabvazuva kwemadziro eTaboche (650 m).Stephan akawana rekodhi yake yekutanga yekumhanyisa paNorth Face yeEiger muna 2007, iyo yakasvika mumaawa matatu nemaminitsi makumi mashanu nemasere. Steck akazviisa pasi nemaawa maviri nemakumi matatu nemashanu mushure mekuedza kwake kukwira kumusoro kweStephan Siegrist, Mönch naJ
rusvingo rwokuchamhembe rweCholatse (6,440 m) uye rusvingo rwokumabvazuva rweTaboche