David Lama

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Lama
Occupation	Mountain Climber
Date Of Birth	Aug 4, 1990(1990-08-04)
Age	34
Date Of Death	2019-04-16
Birthplace	Innsbruck
Country	Austria
Birth City	Tyrol
Horoscope	Leo

David Lama Biography

David Lama is one of the most popular and richest Mountain Climber who was born on August 4, 1990 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. Mountaineer and climber who is most famous for his unrestricted climbing to the Compressor Route of the South American mountain Cerro Torre. He won an award of gold in the International Federation of Sport Climbing World Cup. In 2018, he was the first person to climb Lunag Ri solo.

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David Lama (Nepali: डेभिड लामा ; 4 August 1990 – 16 April 2019) was 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 is known for his first free ascent of the Compressor Route (South-East Ridge) on Cerro Torre. In 2018, in a solo expedition, he was the first to reach the summit of Lunag Ri in the Himalayas. In 2019, he was posthumously honoured with a Piolet d’Or for this first ascent.

In 2004, 14 years old, Lama won the European Youth Cup. In the same year he climbed his first 5.14b (8c) route.

His father was an Mountain guide in Nepal while his mom was an Innsbruck Austria native. He tragically lost his life by an avalanche in the Canadian Rockies.

David Lama Net Worth

David Lama is one of the richest Mountain Climber from Austria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Lama 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was among the youngest players to compete at the World Cup. He was just 15 years old. age.

The year 2017 was the first time he ascent The Eiger’s northern face.

David Lama was born in 1990. His father is a mountain guide from Nepal and his mother is an Austrian from Innsbruck. He 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.

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They returned for a second attempt in January 2011. Peter Ortner, a more experienced climber, replaced Steuerer as Lama’s climbing partner from this point onward. This initial ascent had to be aborted as well because the head wall was full of ice. On February 12, during a small good weather window, the two climbers managed to reach the summit using aided techniques. This ascent raised the morale of the team after the long series of failures and was used for scouting out the free route.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Mountain Climber. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. David Lama celebrates birthday on August 4 of every year.

On January 19, 2012, Lama and Ortner finished the first free ascent of Cerro Torre via the south-east ridge compressor route in 24 hours in total. According to Lama they brought 5 bolts along, but they did not have to place any of them. They ascended to the left of the crack climbed by Salvaterra and Mabboni, here Lama took one fall, but he managed to climb it on the second attempt. He later rated this crux 8a (5.13b) in terms of difficulty. The two climbers slept for the night in bivouac sacks below the Ice Towers. On the next day, after ascending most of the headwall, they went right of the compressor, following cracks and flakes in the rock, all the way to the summit. All previous routes went left of the compressor.

What nationality is David Lama?

Austrian

Where was David Lama born?

Innsbruck, Austria

What happened on Howse Peak?

An accident on Howse Peak killed the three leading alpine climbers on April 16, 2019. It was one year ago that David Lama, Jess Roskelley and Hansjorg Auer died in an accident on Hose Peak in the Canadian Rockies.

Has Annapurna III been climbed?

This autumn, it was finally climbed. Marked as the great objective of mountaineering in the 20th century, Annapurna III had been visited by some of the most famous names in the business, who made their attempts in dribs and drabs over the last 40 years.

How did Marc Andre Leclerc died?

Avalanche