David lama conrad anker climb new route in zion national park
David Lama (Nepali-डेभिड लामा; born 4 August 1990 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian sport climber and mountaineer. He won the European Championship in bouldering in 2007 and the European Championship in lead climbing in 2006. He's best known for his first free ascent of the Compressor Route (South-East Ridge) on Cerro Torre.
David lama scales one of the toughest alpine climbing routes
Biography
David Lama was born in 1990. His father is a mountain guide from Nepal and his mother is an Innsbruck Austria native. David was five years old when Himalaya veteran Peter Habeler first watched him climb in a climbing camp organized by him. Afterwards, Habeler immediately called his parents to tell them that their boy had an unusual talent. Lama then became part of the competition climbing team coached by Reinhold Scherer and Rupert Messner. He became the youngest person to compete at the world cup at age fifteen and the first to win both a lead and the bouldering world cup in his first season. In 2011 he retired from competition climbing and focused on mountaineering. In 2017, he made an ascent on The Eiger's north face with Peter Habeler. This was Lama’s first time up the Heckmair route.
Youth
European Youth Cup Winner 2004 und 2005
Youth World Champion 2004
Youth World Champion 2005
Championships
European Champion 2006 Lead Climbing
European Champion 2007 Bouldering
3. Place at the World Championship in Xining in China 2009, Lead Climbing
2010 Sarcha (Italy): Lama and Jorg Verhoeven climbed the first ascent Brento Centro, which they then freed within a day.
2010 Dolomites (Italy): Lama repeated Bellavista (11-) on Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Cima Ovest, after one day of trying.
2011 Cerro Torre (Argentina): Lama and Peter Ortner climbed Cerro Torre via the Compressor Route.
2011 Grindelwald (Switzerland): Lama climbed Pacienca (8a) in the North Face of the Eiger with Peter Ortner.
2011 Kashmir (India): Lama, Stephan Siegrist and Denis Burdet climbed a first ascent Yoniverse, on Cerro Kishtwar.
2011 Lofer (Austria): Lama repeated Feuertaufe (8b) by Alexander Huber as well as Stoamandl (8b), Donnervogel (8b) and Woher Kompass (8a+)
2012 Cerro Torre (Argentina): In 24 hours, David Lama did the first free ascent of the Compressor Route (South-East Ridge) of Cerro Torre with Peter Ortner. The route was subject of much controversy after two other climbers, American Hayden Kennedy and Canadian Jason Kruk, removed many of Maestri's bolts some days before Lama's ascent.
2012 Lama and Ortner repeated the route Eternal Flame on Trango (also known as Nameless) Tower (6239m) in the Karakoram region (Pakistan).
2012 Chogolisa (7668m) on the Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram (Pakistan): After the Trango Tower, Lama and Ortner summited Chogolisa I and skied down the mountain's north-west face.
2013 Sagwand (Austria): First winter ascent of Schiefer Riss on the Sagwand in Tyrol with Hansjörg Auer and Peter Ortner.
