A snowballs chance in hell, austrian climber david lama, one of our adventurers of the year. David lama s epic new cerro torre trailer, marmots megawatt jacket epictv climbing daily, ep. David lama cerro torre trailer video on red bull tv. In 2012 he and peter ortner managed the first free ascent of the compressor route at the cerro torre in patagonia. Cerro torre teaches climber david lama lesson of a lifetime.
Cerro torre free solo attempt in whiteout conditions ultimate. Interview with david lama prior to his expedition to cerro torre, patagonia together with daniel steuerer. Meanwhile the history of cerro torre is still being written. David lama and cerro torre good news skagit alpinism. In 2018, in a solo expedition, he was the first to reach. Been seeing a lot of hype in the germanaustrian media surrounding an upcoming expedition to cerro torre to do the mountains supposed first free ascent. I do think lama learned something in his attempts at scaling cerro del torre. Cerro torre expedition for david lama and daniel steuerer. But this is exactly what david and his partner peter aim to do.
Heres a little slideshow put together by the guys at red bull to honour toni. David lama am cerro torre film jetzt in voller lange verfugbar. Climbing halls are his territory, he has little experience in the mountains. Mainly that climbing in a gym and climbing a real rock tower takes a.
As a teenager, lama won the a number of world cups and in 2008 he became the first person to win lead and bouldering. When david lama first stepped foot in patagonia in 2009, he was a sport climber whose ambitions of freeclimbing cerro torre outweighed his experience. Matt sampson tells us how the weather played a critical role in the climb. Cerro torre is also a peak of ever changing moods predicated by. David lama is one of the cuttingedge young alpinists with his bold free climbing and aid soloing taken him to rarely visited areas and up many unclimbed walls. But you dont need to climb it to experience the mountain. David lamas epic new cerro torre trailer, marmots megawatt. Cerro torre, david lama and red bullshit ukc articles. David lama freeclimbing am cerro torre video red bull.
David lama makes historic freeclimb on patagonias cerre. This latest cerro torre controversy hit the internet some weeks ago and ukc. And once again, his proposed tactics are causing an uproar among patagonian veterans and other climbers. David continues to be willing to accept repeated failure like on cerro torre to achieve something exceptional. Unfortunately, the expedition acted without much foresight, and began fixing a string of ropes up the southeast ridge. Over two years have passed since the first free ascent of the compressor route on cerro torre at the hands of david lama and peter ortner and the climbing world is only now beginning to comprehend what the two young austrian alpinists really achieved on that 20 and 21 january in 2012.
Hi kelly, the red bull media house is producing a film featuring david lamas attempt to free climb the compressor route on cerro torre. Last season, despite poor weather that prevented a serious attempt on the climb, lamas red. David lama at cerro torre movie now available full. Indeed, theres now a new chapter which has only just opened. Some years have passed since the cerro torre film had its release, and even more years passed since the production got on its way. Cerro torre controversy rears up again climbing magazine. The 22yearold conquered the east face of the 3,128mhigh mountain using only mobile devices to secure his route after bolts from a previous attempt had been removed. David lama has been climbing almost as long as hes been walking. A filming team from his sponsor, red bull, accompanied him on the climb, fixing hundreds.
In this news report jack geldard sums up the recent, and not so recent, events on cerro torre in patagonia, from the contested first ascent claim in 1959, through to david lama s free ascent of the infamous compressor route. He is known for his first free ascent of the compressor route southeast ridge on cerro torre. Austrian climber toni egger was killed on the then unclimbed cerro torre in 1959 attempting the north east ridge, partnered by fellow italians cesare maestri and cesarino. Already 19yearold is the multiple european and youth world champion david lama as a child prodigy of the climbing scene. David lama finally my cerro torre film is available. It tracks david lamas 3 year journey to make the first free ascent of the compressor route on cerro torre, one of the toughest summits in the world. Set against the backdrop of breathtaking patagonia david lama, climbings wunderkind, sets out to climb an unfathomable route on cerro torre, a mountain once said to be the most difficult in the world. David lamas life of climbing cerro torre a snowballs chance in. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of patagonia, climbing wunderkind david lama and climbing partner peter ortner set out to free climb the infamous southeast face of cerro torre, a route once. Yet three years later, when he finally achieved his dream of free climbing one of the most difficult mountains in the world, lama emerged from patagonia as a fullfledged alpinist. Nevertheless, he sets himself in the head, the legendary cerro torre as the first man free to. A couple days ago, on january 28th, david lama posted on his blog that he will not rappelbolt on cerro torre.
From today on the awardwinning film cerro torrea snowballs chance in hell is available worldwide, on demand and free of charge. Due to bad weather, the production had to be stopped and is currently on hold waiting for the next patagonian summer. Alpinist david lama dreams of becoming the first person to free climb the infamous compressor route on patagonias cerro torre. Toni stands for the place like few others, and it is no wonder that he captures the patagonian spirit so perfectly. Enter david lama, the son of an austrian alpinist mother and a nepalese sherpa father, and his climbing partner peter ortner. During that time it became apparent to me that cerro torre was the most magical mountain that i would ever encounter. He won the european championship in bouldering in 2007 and the european championship in lead climbing in 2006. Greater understanding is no doubt being provided by the film. Cerro torre, david lama and red bullshit kelly cordes. Back in february 2009, after his first cerro torre free climbing attempt, lama came under heavy scrutiny. Lama, of innsbruck, austria, was a european champion in various climbing disciplines and had the first free ascent of the compressor route on cerro torre in patagonia, the magazine reported. Cerro torre the lie and the desecration climbing magazine.
A spike of light brown granite soaring over a vertical mile out of an ice sheet and capped by an otherworldly ice mushroom. Interview with austrian alpinist david lama two years after the first free ascent of the compressor route on cerro torre, patagonia, carried out. Cerro torre is considered one of the most hard climbs in the world. Style david lamas first free ascent of patagonias cerro torre. By jim donini over the last four decades i have climbed on all seven continents. The third paragraph, where he refers about his planned tactics, roughly reads. David lamas attempt to free climb the compressor route on cerro torre. David lama and peter ortner set out to free climb a route once thought to be the most difficult in the world. In 2009, he announced to the world his intention to free climb cerro torre, a feat. The song i connect the most with my trips however is missing.
Pdf download the tower a chronicle of climbing and controversy on. David lama was an austrian sport climber and mountaineer. Set against the backdrop of breathtaking patagonia, david lama, climbings wunderkind, sets out to climb the infamous southeast face of cerro torre, a mountain once said to be the most difficult in the world. After two failed attempts to freeclimb patagonias iconic cerro torre, via its controversial compressor route, things werent looking good for. No one has ever climbed this needle of granite in freeclimbing style. Just days after kennedy and kruks ascent, a young austrian called david lama claimed the first free climb of the erstwhile compressor route, eschewing even the five bolts cerro torres liberators made use of. In january 2012, my dream came true as i was able to realize the first free ascent of cerro torre, but it wasnt until in late september 20 that the documentation of my adventure, cerro torre not a snowballs chance in hell, had its world premiere at the san sebastian film festival in front of 3000 enthusiastic people. Cerro torre patagonia 2020 all you need to know before. David lama sets out to climb a mountain once said to be the. Lamas athlete manager at red bull austria is a solid rock climber i spoke with him as he came back from a climbing triphe climbs more than most. It is written in german, but doerte pietron made a quick translation for me. After more than three years of trying, david finally realized his dream of becoming the first person to free climb the infamous compressor route on patagonias cerro torre. David lama, peter ortner first free ascent, compressor route, cerro torre piolets dor 20.
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