He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls, located in Venezuela, by foot.

He grew up in Grīziņkalns neighborhood, and since early childhood was interested in adventure stories and shipping.

They planned to sail across the Baltic Sea to Sweden, but due to a storm were washed ashore on the Estonian island of Saaremaa.

In Marseilles, he boarded a merchant ship and traveled to Egypt, where he lived in Cairo for several months until his parents sent him money for his journey back home.

They wanted to reach the Black Sea, but were discouraged from such move by Romanian border guards.

Laime then boarded a merchant ship and traveled to the coasts of the United States and Canada.

Together with Charles Baughan and some other European partners, they started to develop tourism in Canaima and built an airfield and houses for visitors.

Laime came down the Churun River on March 20, 1994, to stockpile food and supplies for the next few weeks, as he usually did.