Building on a number of first ascents in the alps and around the world, david realized his dream of making the first free ascent of the southeast ridge of cerro torre in patagonia, an achievement. David lama scales one of the toughest alpine climbing routes duration. Climbing in patagonia requires knowing how to read a forecast and knowing how to kill time in bad conditions. David lama is a 20 national geographic adventurer of the year for completing the first free climb of patagonias cerro torre along the southeast ridge, the infamous compressor route. Hi kelly, the red bull media house is producing a film featuring david lama s attempt to free climb the compressor route on cerro torre. Im especially proud having it done without adding any bolts. Interview with austrian alpinist david lama two years after the first free ascent of the compressor route on cerro torre, patagonia, carried out with peter ortner in january 2012. You will find news, stories and a lot more on and off the wall. Austrian wunderkind david lama set off for argentine patagonia in november 2009 with a noble plan. David lama, 20 adventurers of the year national geographic.
Cerro torre, david lama and red bullshit kelly cordes. David lama, peter ortner first free ascent, compressor route, cerro torre piolets dor 20. 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. What does david lama, the super sports climbing champion, have to do with cerro torre. David lama david lama video embed list by joye fellhauer on friday september 27 2019 and being read by 3,012 people, 1,266 people give positive ratings about this topics. Parents comment on the death of david lama one of his sponsors even turned the success into a featurelength film. Cerro torre captures all of this and adds a story of david lama, a nepalese wonder boy obsessed with free climbing the peak. He won the european championship in bouldering in 2007 and the european championship in lead climbing in 2006. A recent trip to trango tower in pakistan saw the driven climber testing his reserves at altitude, and he is keen to return to pakistan.
To descend he had only brought a 60m 7mm rope and three icescrews. Cerro torre is considered one of the most hard climbs in the world. In 2018, in a solo expedition, he was the first to reach. Cerro torre patagonia 2020 all you need to know before. Pdf download the tower a chronicle of climbing and controversy on. When he took his talents to south americas iconic cerro torre last. Cerro torre a snowballs chance in hell premiered at san sebastian international film festival in september 20. Enter david lama, the son of an austrian alpinist mother and a nepalese sherpa father, and his climbing partner peter ortner. David continued to rack up victories at competitions until 2011, when he shifted his focus to free climbing and alpinism.
David lama cerro torre trailer video on red bull tv. On his way up the compressor route on patagonias formidable cerro torre last month, austrian climber david lama was surprised to run into jason kruk and hayden kennedy read our indepth report. David lama and peter ortner set out to free climb a route once thought to be the most difficult in the world. In the middle of a raging storm, the summit of cerro torre felt like the center of the universe. The cerro torre is located in a four mountain chain. Matt sampson tells us how the weather played a critical role in the climb. David lama, jess roskelley, hansjorg auer presumed dead at. David lama s freeclimbing and filming project brought cerro torre to the center of attention in the climbing world once again in 2010. I learned a lot during the past years and climbing in this amazing mountain range has simply been great. David lama was an austrian sport climber and mountaineer. David lama makes historic freeclimb on patagonias cerre torre. Cerro torre will now be available for digital download in.
The 19yearold and his partner, daniel steuerer, would try for the first free ascent of cerro torre s southeast ridge. David lama cerro torre film available on demand worldwide david lama. Apr 19, 2019 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. On march th, 2014, cerro torre a snowballs chance in hell will be released by red bull media house and 24 bilder in theaters across germany. The 28yearold austrian climber david lama is one of three professional mountain climbers caught in an avalanche in canadas banff national park. Interview with david lama prior to his expedition to cerro torre, patagonia together with daniel steuerer.
Cerro torre is the tallest of these four mountains. Earlier this year david lama, 22, freed the infamous compressor route on patagonias cerro torre. In 1958 walter bonatti, the greatest climber of his generation, climbed to the col of hope on cerro torre s southern flank and declared an ascent to the ice mushroomed summit impossible. David lama was a climbing prodigy who became a worldchampion competitive climber in his teens. He quickly decided alpinism was his true passion and devoted his life to climbing the worlds most. David lama s epic new cerro torre trailer, marmots megawatt jacket epictv climbing daily, ep. 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. There are no further details but this update will certainly add fuel to the controversy which has followed the bolt chopping carried out recently by jason kruk and hayden kennedy. Pdf download the tower a chronicle of climbing and controversy on cerro torre pdf online. David lamas recent attempt on the compressor route, cerro torre.
Hiking in fitz roy and cerro torre during the patagonian spring or summer is a must. David lama sounds off on cerro torre, pakistan and more. Meanwhile the history of cerro torre is still being written. Apr 09, 2012 twentyoneyearold phenom david lama represents a new breed of superalpinist. David lamas life of climbing release of cerro torre film. It is by far the hardest free climb on cerro torre.
Climbers anger italians by removing bolt ladder from cerro. Years after his seminal climb of the 3,128m cerre torre, a feat which captivated the climbing community, the feature film of david lama s ascent is about to be released on red bull tv. Free il cerro torre e io download this popular ebook and read the free il cerro torre e io ebook. As a teenager, lama won the a number of world cups and in 2008 he became the first person to win lead and bouldering. David lama, pioneering austrian climber, is among three. David lama at cerro torre movie now available full. To me this first free ascent of the south east ridge of cerro torre is the end to the probably greatest adventure i experienced in my life so far. Although our ideas seemed concrete from the beginning, all came a lot differently than anticipated. The 22yearold knows that this will not be an easy feat, but he is. Indeed, theres now a new chapter which has only just opened. He becomes the first person to free climb the famous compressorroute on cerro torre.
In 2009 david lama announced his intention to free climb cerro torre via the compressor route. Feb 24, 2012 by free climbing cerro torre along the legendary compressor route, the mammut proteam athlete david lama has written a piece of mountaineering history. Cerro torre expedition for david lama and daniel steuerer. But you dont need to climb it to experience the mountain. 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. Cerro torre also has a colorful history and therein lies the problem. That flake could have come off, but i guess it is just like everything in life you try to minimise the risks as much as you can. Cerro torre free solo attempt in whiteout conditions ultimate. After three years, david finally realizes his dream. David lama s life of climbing cerro torre a snowballs chance in hell duration.
January 2012, austrias exceptional climber david lama once again set out to climb the 33meterhigh cerro torre on the compressor route in patagonia in ropesharing with the east tyrolean peter ortner. David lamas epic new cerro torre trailer, marmots megawatt. Yesterday 22012012 david lama made the first free ascent of the compressor route on cerro torre, patagonia. Feb 16, 2012 climbers anger italians by removing bolt ladder from cerro torre peak this article is more than 8 years old. To many, the feat was unimaginable, and the peak shut down the climbers more than once. Cerro torre teaches climber david lama lesson of a lifetime. The speech of reinhold scherer at the david lama memorial on july 19, 2019. Its not a story that someone made up and found worth telling, it was a story that simply happened. Cerro torre, david lama and red bullshit ukc articles. 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.
Reini was the coach of david from the very beginning of his career and longterm friend and mentor throughout his life. Cerro torre is one of the mountains of the southern patagonian ice field in south america. Alpinist david lama dreams of becoming the first person to free climb the infamous compressor route on patagonias cerro torre. David lamas life of climbing cerro torre a snowballs. David lamas life of climbing release of cerro torre film posted by red bull stories, videos as the son of a sherpa, climbingand david lamas attraction to big mountainshave been part of his life since his earliest days and since then, hes found a way to excel at virtually every discipline in the sport. A snowballs chance in hell 20 torrent yify full movie or via magnet. David lama am cerro torre film jetzt in voller lange verfugbar. Ukc articles cerro torre, david lama and red bullshit. 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. In march 2014, an adventure documentary was released following the first ever free ascent of cerro torre, featuring david lama. David lamas life of climbing cerro torre a snowballs chance in. March 2017 is the movie about the ascent on red bull tv available. Watch david lama free climbing cerro torre video red bull.
Unfortunately, the expedition acted without much foresight, and began fixing a string of ropes up the southeast ridge. He is known for his first free ascent of the compressor route southeast ridge on cerro torre. Cerro torre, torre egger, punta herron, and cerro standhart. 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. Mainly that climbing in a gym and climbing a real rock tower. Due to bad weather, the production had to be stopped and is currently on hold waiting for the next patagonian summer. At first, there was an outrage when the film crew added bolts and fixed ropes to the mountain, which were later removed. David lama at cerro torre movie now available full length. Movie about david lama climbing the patagonian mountain cerro torre for.
This program allows you to discover the amazing sights of the area. Hi kelly, the red bull media house is producing a film featuring david lamas attempt to free climb the compressor route on cerro torre. David lama cerro torre film available on demand worldwide. Cerro torre a snowballs chance in hell will now be available for digital download in the us as well. David lama became the first person to freeclimb the compressor route on patagonias iconic cerro torre. His skill gives him the unreal ability to tackle some of the most intimidating climbs ever attempted. In 2010, austrian climber david lama was held responsible for around 30 new bolts and. I do think lama learned something in his attempts at scaling cerro del torre. 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.
Cerro torre rises in argentine territory at the eastern edge of the patagonian ice cap 50 miles north of chiles torres del paine national park. Cerro torre the lie and the desecration climbing magazine. David lama has been climbing almost as long as hes been walking. In 2012 he and peter ortner managed the first free ascent of the compressor route at the cerro torre in patagonia. In summer, david and peter ortner make the first ascent of the poorly protected safety discussion 8b in east tyrol. Some years have passed since the cerro torre film had its release, and even more years passed since the production got on its way. Almost a year later, lama is showing no signs of slowing down. David continues to be willing to accept repeated failure like on cerro torre to achieve something exceptional.
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