Horia Colibășanu

Horia Colibășanu (born 4 January 1977 Timișoara) is a Romanian mountain climber. He is the first Romanian to reach the summits of K2, Manaslu, Dhaulagiri and Annapurna. In 2009 Horia received the “Spirit of Mountaineering” award for his role in the rescue operation of Iñaki Ochoa de Olza.^[1]

8000 m+ mountains summited

• 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 (8516 m) - first Romanian ascent,without bottled oxygen^[9]
• 2017: Everest (8.848 m) - first Romanian ascent without bottled oxygen^[10]

Other notable ascents

• 1998: Gumachi (3.805 m), Elbrus (5.648 m)
• 1999: Khan Tengri (7.010 m)
• 2002: Elbrus (5.648 m)
• 2003: Matterhorn (4.462 m) – via Lion ridge – Italy

References

External links

• Outstanding article "The Survivor" on Romanian Career Magazine
• Horia talks about the preparations for his 2006 Manaslu expedition
• (in Romanian) Horia Colibăşanu’s personal website