Horia Colibășanu

Horia Colibășanu (born 4 January 1977, in Timișoara) 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
Born
Horia Colibășanu

(1977-01-04) January 4, 1977
Timișoara, Socialist Republic of Romania
AwardsSpirit of Mountaineering Award (2009)

8,000 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 (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

References
  1. "Résultats des Piolets d'Or 2009" (in French). Archived from the original on 2009-12-18. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  2. "ExplorersWeb". explorersweb.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  3. "ExplorersWeb". explorersweb.com.
  4. "Manaslu and Dhaulagiri 2006: Peter Guggemos reports in with Summits to clear up false reports by others on the web..." www.everestnews.com.
  5. "Further Dhaulagiri SUMMITS: Horia, Kazakhs, Spaniards!". explorersweb.com.
  6. "ExWebs fall 2009 Shisha Pangma special, part 2: Central Summit, virtually there?". www.explorersweb.com.
  7. "Annapurna Summits!". explorersweb.com.
  8. "Himalaya quick wrap: Everest paraglide and north side summits, Lhotse rescues, Makalu summits". explorersweb.com.
  9. "Pythom". pythom.com. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
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