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A helicopter lifts off after transporting the body of famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck at Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 30, 2017. 40-year-old Steck, one of the most-renowned mountaineers of his generation, was killed Sunday in a mountaineering accident near Mount Everest in Nepal, expedition organizers said. He was best known for his speed-climbing, including setting several records for ascending the north face of the Eiger, a classic mountaineering peak in the Bernese Alps that he climbed in two hours and 47 minutes without using a rope. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)
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