David Lama and Hansjorg Auer have been missing in Alberta’s Banff National Park since Wednesday together with American climber Jess Roskelley.
The parents of celebrated Austrian climber David Lama said Friday that he had “lived his dream,” as hopes he and two other top climbers survived an avalanche in the Canadian Rockies faded.
The family expressed gratitude for the support it received “from near and far” and asked that their son be remembered “for his zest for life, his enthusiasm.” The son of a Nepalese mountain guide and an Austrian nurse, Lama had also won numerous climbing competitions in his younger years before devoting himself full-time to mountaineering in 2011.
Officials said safety specialists immediately responded by air and observed signs of multiple avalanches and debris containing climbing equipment.
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