Video #2: Style – David Lama’s First Free Ascent of Patagonia’s Cerro Torre

ByMary Anne Potts
March 14, 2014

In webisode #2 from the film Cerro Torre: A Snowball’s Chance in Hell, Austrian climber David Lama, one of our Adventurers of the Year, explains the history of the Compressor Route and the difference between aid climbing and free climbing. Be sure to click on “CC” in the video player on the lower right to get closed captions.

Watch Video #1: The Alpinist

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