David has explored frozen summits everywhere from Pakistan to Patagonia but his greatest passion is for the harsh and beautiful high-altitude terrain of 8000m mountains. He has already conquered five of the 14 different 8000m peaks on Earth, reaching the summits of Gasherbrum II (8035m), Broad Peak (8051m), Dhaulagiri (8167m), Lhotse (8516m) and Makalu (8481m), as well as ascending to 8200m on K2 (8611m). This hostile landscape of ice and snow, where the thin air slows the body and the mind, con...
David has explored frozen summits everywhere from Pakistan to Patagonia but his greatest passion is for the harsh and beautiful high-altitude terrain of 8000m mountains. He has already conquered five of the 14 different 8000m peaks on Earth, reaching the summits of Gasherbrum II (8035m), Broad Peak (8051m), Dhaulagiri (8167m), Lhotse (8516m) and Makalu (8481m), as well as ascending to 8200m on K2 (8611m). This hostile landscape of ice and snow, where the thin air slows the body and the mind, continues to fascinate him and he enjoys knowing that every decision and movement has major consequences. It is this feeling of being exposed and vulnerable on a mountain which makes him feel most alive.
David has explored frozen summits everywhere from Pakistan to Patagonia but his greatest passion is for the harsh and beautiful high-altitude terrain of 8000m mountains. He has already conquered five of the 14 different 8000m peaks on Earth, reaching the summits of Gasherbrum II (8035m), Broad Peak (8051m), Dhaulagiri (8167m), Lhotse (8516m) and Makalu (8481m), as well as ascending to 8200m on K2 (8611m). This hostile landscape of ice and snow, where the thin air slows the body and the mind, continues to fascinate him and he enjoys knowing that every decision and movement has major consequences. It is this feeling of being exposed and vulnerable on a mountain which makes him feel most alive.
