Horia Colibășanu Explained

Horia Colibășanu
Birth Name:	Horia Colibășanu
Birth Date:	4 January 1977
Birth Place:	Timișoara, Socialist Republic of Romania
Awards:	Spirit of Mountaineering Award (2009)

Horia Colibășanu (born 4 January 1977) is a Romanian climber. He is the first Romanian to have climbed 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]

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

• 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

External links

• Outstanding article "The Survivor" on Romanian Career Magazine
• Horia talks about the preparations for his 2006 Manaslu expedition

Notes and References

1. Web site: Résultats des Piolets d'Or 2009 . 2010-03-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091218193927/http://www.hawapi.com/montagne/dossiers/expeditions/les-piolets-d-or/446-resultats-des-piolets-d-or-2009.htm . 2009-12-18 . fr.
2. Web site: ExplorersWeb. explorersweb.com. 2019-05-09. 2019-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190822101911/https://explorersweb.com/news.php/?id=14201. dead.
3. Web site: ExplorersWeb. explorersweb.com.
4. Web site: Manaslu and Dhaulagiri 2006: Peter Guggemos reports in with Summits to clear up false reports by others on the web.... www.everestnews.com.
5. Web site: Further Dhaulagiri SUMMITS: Horia, Kazakhs, Spaniards!. explorersweb.com.
6. Web site: ExWebs fall 2009 Shisha Pangma special, part 2: Central Summit, virtually there?. www.explorersweb.com.
7. Web site: Annapurna Summits!. explorersweb.com.
8. Web site: Himalaya quick wrap: Everest paraglide and north side summits, Lhotse rescues, Makalu summits. explorersweb.com.
9. Web site: Pythom . pythom.com . 2019-05-02 . 2019-05-09 . 2018-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180829060606/https://pythom.com/Horia-Topped-out-Everest-North-Side-wout-O2-2017-05-16-34234 . dead .