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| Nationality | Austrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 August 1990 Innsbruck, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 April 2019 (aged 28) Howse Peak, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Retired | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Lama (Nepali: डेभिड लामा; 4 August 1990 – 16 April 2019) was an Austrian rock climber and alpinist. He won the European Championship in competition bouldering in 2007 and the European Championship in competition lead climbing in 2006. He is known for his first free ascent of the Compressor Route (South-East Ridge) on Cerro Torre.[1] In 2018, in a solo expedition, he was the first to reach the summit of Lunag Ri in the Himalayas.[2] In 2019, he was posthumously honoured with a Piolet d'Or for this first ascent.[3]
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- "David Lama frees the Compressor route... while Kruk & Kennedy's bolt chopping is hotly debated". planetmountain.com. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- Jack Geldard (January 2012). "David Lama and Cerro Torre; A Mountain Set Free". ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ Peter Beaumont; Joanna Walters (19 April 2019). "Three mountaineers killed in avalanche in Canada". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ Piolets d'Or (31 July 2019). "Winners Piolets d'Or 2019". Rock and Ice - The Climber's Magazine. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved Aug 2, 2019.