1. David Lama was an Austrian rock climber and alpinist.
21 Facts About David Lama
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David Lama won the European Championship in competition bouldering in 2007 and the European Championship in competition lead climbing in 2006.
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David Lama is known for his first free ascent of the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre.
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David Lama's father is a mountain guide from Nepal and his mother is an Austrian from Innsbruck.
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David Lama was five years old when Himalaya veteran Peter Habeler first watched Lama climb in a climbing camp organized by Habeler.
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David Lama then became part of the competition climbing team coached by Reinhold Scherer.
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In 2004,14 years old, David Lama won the European Youth Cup.
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David Lama repeated his win at the European Youth Cup in 2005 and moved on to Senior competitions in 2006.
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David Lama became the youngest person to compete at the World Cup and the first to win both a lead and a bouldering World Cup final in his first season.
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David Lama became European Champion both in competition lead climbing and in competition bouldering.
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In 2009, David Lama announced his intention to free climb Cerro Torre via the Compressor Route, which means only natural rock and ice formations are used for the ascent of the mountain.
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David Lama stated that he was not aware of the large number of bolts that were drilled by the film team, but he took full responsibility for the actions and promised not to repeat the mistake.
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David Lama promised to remove the remaining equipment in the following year.
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David Lama called for an emergency helicopter rescue at base camp.
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David Lama was left behind without a climbing partner at the base camp.
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Since Anker had declared that he would not return, David Lama decided to start another attempt alone.
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David Lama ascended the north-west ridge via a longer, but easier rock crevice and set up camp.
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David Lama aborted this third attempt as well, not far from the location of the high point of the first expedition with Conrad Anker.
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On October 23,2018, David Lama returned for a fourth and final attempt.
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David Lama followed the same line he had taken on his first solo attempt.
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David Lama reported that the resulting avalanche swept the southeast face at 1:58,31 minutes after the three climbers had reached a steep couloir above the snow basin to descend their route.