David Lama

News Solo First Ascent of Lunag Ri by David Lama

Austrian alpinist David Lama has completed the first ascent of Lunag Ri (6907m) on the border between Nepal and Tibet, solo and after three years of attempts. In 2015, Lama and Conrad Anker reached 300m short of the summit after a three day...

6 26 Oct, 2018

Fri Night Vid Lunag Ri with David Lama and Conrad Anker

This week's Friday Night Video is a documentary about David Lama and Conrad Anker's attempts to climb Lunag Ri (6907m), on the border of Tibet and Nepal. The pair first set out to summit the unclimbed peak in 2016, although had to retreat just...

11 3 Aug, 2018

News David Lama and Cerro Torre; A Mountain Set Free

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. So the 'Compressor...

52 25 Jan, 2012