Austrian freeclimber David Lama has an audacious dream to scale Patagonia's mammoth Cerre Torre - a granite needle with an elevation of 3,128 metres (10,280 feet). Let's see how he's getting along...
At our second try this year, my partner Peter Ortner and I finally succeeded to climb the top of the Cerro Torre.
Starting from the shoulder we got up to the ice-covered peak after 10 hours of technical climbing.
At about 10.00 p.m. and catching the last evening light, we finally reached the top.
All in all, our Cerro Torre-marathon (El Chalten shoulder – Cerro Torre – shoulder El Chalten) took 46 hours to complete.
As you would imagine after the past few days, we’re feeling quite knocked up now but it was amazing to stand on the top of the Cerro Torre!
More news coming soon!
David
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