Mountaineering

In this interview two months before his death, mountaineer David Lama talked about the happiest moments and why loneliness can be an advantage.

On 16.04.2019 the three climbers David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Jess Roskelley were caught and killed by an avalanche on a tour in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. This is how the world reacted to the tragic misfortune.

With David Lama's death, the world loses an exceptional sportsman whose passion for the mountains radiated to many people.

The mountaineer died in an avalanche with a probability bordering on certainty. An obituary for one of the most distinguished alpinists.

The climbers David Lama and Hansjörg Auer were killed by an avalanche in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Rescue teams could now recover their bodies.

The free climber is also fascinating outside of the climbing scene. But Alex Honnold is no normal star. How the man who climbs 1,000-meter walls without protection ticks.

Alex Honnold is fascinating and polarizing. He climbed the 1,000-meter face of the El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without any ropes or safeguarding. And yet, in his view, it was a safe undertaking.

The brand ambassadors of The North Face talk about their extreme life as ski mountaineers at ISPO Munich.

The mountaineering brand Salewa is filling two positions around Key Account Management - with two people known in the company. It is the reaction to a recent turnover. Moreover, the Oberalp Group sees changes in its brand portfolio.

Schöffel senior partner Hubert Schöffel, who died on August 8, 2018, played a decisive role in the success of the family business. In autumn 2017, together with his son Peter Schöffel, he remembered the beginnings of mountain sports clothing and how the breakthrough came with Gore-Tex. ISPO.com was there.