Guy free climbs up the side of a 330-foot sinkhole

Guy free climbs up the side
of a 330-foot sinkhole 

David Lama's First Ascent
of a Magical Sinkhole

Avaatara – Free Climbing the Magical Sinkhole
David Lama achieves first ascent of the Baatara gorge in Lebanon

It was a photo taken from behind a waterfall, showing the gorge with its bizarre arches and overhangs, that inspired the 25-year-old Austrian, whose focus had been directed exclusively towards mountaineering for several years, to go back to his sport climbing roots and try to put up the first ever climb out of the Baatara gorge sinkhole, also known as the ‘Cave of the Three Bridges’, a landmark of Jurassic limestone in the Tannourine 75 kilometres outside the Lebanese capital city, Beirut.