Climbing
Supertramp is an iconic climb in the Swiss Alps. See David Lama do it in style.
David Lama has climbed some of the hardest routes in the world – after all, he was born for climbing. But that doesn't mean he can't appreciate the pleasure of something more simple, especially when it's an iconic big wall route like Supertramp, in Switzerland.
First climbed by Martin Scheel and George Benisowitsch in 1980, the multi-pitch route in the Swiss Alps is still considered a classic. As part of the Mammuts Classics series, he tackled the big wall earlier this year, along with climber Katherine Choong. Watch the video of the climb in the player above.
Mountain Project says of the climb, "A megaclassic of central Switzerland. Notoriously hard for the grade, with a challenging approach of traverses and with unobvious route finding at the start."
The route is about 400m of sustained 6c+ climbing, with an exciting pendelum in the middle – which Lama freed after taking a pretty big fall when a handhold ripped out on his first attempt.
As with many famous routes, the line has an interesting history, and first person to scale the ascent, Martin Scheel, retold it to Lama. Enjoy the video, and keep an eye for more classic climbs.