Horia Colibășanu (born 4 January 1977) is a Romanian climber. He is the first Romanian to reach the summits of K2, Manaslu, Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, and Kangchenjunga. He climbed ten of the most difficult peaks in the world, above 8,000 m. In 2009 Horia received the “Spirit of Mountaineering” award for his role in the rescue operation of Iñaki Ochoa de Olza.[1]
Horia Colibășanu | |
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| Born | Horia Colibășanu January 4, 1977 |
| Awards | Spirit of Mountaineering Award (2009) |
8,000 m+ mountains summited edit
- 2004: K2 (8,611 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen[2][3]
- 2006: Manaslu (8,163 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen[4]
- 2007: Dhaulagiri (8,167 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen[5]
- 2009: Shishapangma Central Summit (8,013 m) - without bottled oxygen[6]
- 2010: Annapurna (8,091 m) - first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen[7]
- 2011: Makalu (8,481 m) - without bottled oxygen[8]
- 2013: Lhotse (8,516 m) - first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen[8]
- 2014: Shishapangma Main Summit (8,027 m) - without bottled oxygen
- 2017: Everest (8,848 m) - first Romanian ascent without bottled oxygen[9]
- 2022: Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) - first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen
- 2023: Broad Peak (8,051 m) - without bottled oxygen
Other notable ascents edit
- 1998: Gumachi (3,805 m), Elbrus (5,642 m)
- 1999: Khan Tengri (7,010 m)
- 2002: Elbrus (5,648 m)
- 2003: Matterhorn (4,462 m) – via Lion ridge – Italy
References edit
- ^ "Résultats des Piolets d'Or 2009" (in French). Archived from the original on 2009-12-18. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "ExplorersWeb". explorersweb.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "ExplorersWeb". explorersweb.com.
- ^ "Manaslu and Dhaulagiri 2006: Peter Guggemos reports in with Summits to clear up false reports by others on the web..." www.everestnews.com.
- ^ "Further Dhaulagiri SUMMITS: Horia, Kazakhs, Spaniards!". explorersweb.com.
- ^ "ExWebs fall 2009 Shisha Pangma special, part 2: Central Summit, virtually there?". www.explorersweb.com.
- ^ "Annapurna Summits!". explorersweb.com.
- ^ a b "Himalaya quick wrap: Everest paraglide and north side summits, Lhotse rescues, Makalu summits". explorersweb.com.
- ^ "Pythom". pythom.com. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
External links edit
- Outstanding article "The Survivor" on Romanian Career Magazine
- Horia talks about the preparations for his 2006 Manaslu expedition
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