Deceased but not forgotten. In 2017, Switzerland's most famous mountaineer, "Swiss Machine" Ueli Steck, died in a fatal fall in the Himalayas at the age of just 40. Three close friends traveled again to the Everest region where he died. His family in Emmental must come to terms with his early death. ???? Subscribe to SRF Dok now on YouTube ???? https://www.youtube.com/srfdok?sub_co... Ueli Steck said of himself: "I know that anyone who sees me thinks Steck is crazy." He climbed the highest north faces of the Alps in record time and without a rope. What drove him to push himself to the limit like that? In the new DOK film, his family tells how they, the left behind, experienced his risky passion. Even as a teenager, Ueli Steck knew: climbing is his sport. Unlike his brothers, ice hockey as a team sport was not for him. His parents and two brothers describe how he dealt with fame, with the pressure of the public, and with his own fear of taking things too far. Ueli Steck's parents had to travel from Emmental to Nepal to bury their dead son. In the Everest region where Ueli Steck, only 40 years old, fell on Nuptse in 2017, the paths of three close friends crossed after his death. Photographer Robert Bösch wanted to meet Ueli Steck on his last expedition. He arrived on the day his friend fell. "In mountaineering, there is only a thin line between life and death," says Bösch. Why was the car the most important thing for Ueli Steck, in contrast to our thinking, which is shaped by the insurance mentality? Helicopter pilot Maurizio Folini was the first person in the Himalayas to succeed in a mountain rescue above 7000m. After the crash, he had to recover his friend's body. What does he think of people like Ueli Steck who risk their lives on the mountain? David Göttler wants to climb Everest without oxygen. Although he has already lost many friends in the mountains, he continues to seek the challenge there: "We mountaineers are good at repressing things." The American extreme climber Alex Honnold, world-famous from the movie "Free Solo", would never have expected anything to happen to Ueli Steck: "I always think my heroes are invulnerable." "DOK" author Jacqueline Schwerzmann accompanied Ueli Steck throughout his career and in this biographical film puts the man behind the famous mountaineer in the foreground. Camera: Sam Gyger, Daniel Leippert, Robert Bösch, Don Bowie, Brett Lowell, Jonah Mathewson, Christophe Raylat, Otmar Schmid Sound: Olivier Jean-Richard, Bänz Isler. NEW DOCUMENTARIES AND REPORTS EVERY WEEK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ???? Subscribe to SRF Dok on YouTube now and activate the bell: https://www.youtube.com/srfdok?sub_co... ???? You can find out more about documentaries & reports here: ???? SRF Dok on Facebook: https://fb.com/srfdok ???? More stories to listen to: https://www.srf.ch/audio/themen/mensc... ???? More documentaries on Play SRF: https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/themen/dokus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Channel info: The SRF Dok teams report factually, avoid "scripted reality" and are committed to journalistic integrity. The editorial team's credo: We show life in all its shades. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Media Netiquette from SRF: ► https://www.srf.ch/social-netiquette #SRFDok #Doku #uelisteck #SRF #bergwelten