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Mountain peaks have always posed a challenge for the human being,
\nNotwithstanding, it was not until 1950 that the first over-8,000m peak was
\nclimbed by man. Back then the French Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal climbed the Annapurna peak in the Himalayas.
\nBeing able to climb at such an altitude has remained, to this day, a great
\nperformance. Last week such a performance was reiterated by a
\nRomanian. Climber Horia Colib\u0103\u015fanu this past Saturday succeeded to climb Broad
\nPeak in the Karakorum Massif, on the Pakistani-Chinese border, at an altitude
\nof 8, 051 meters. Colibasanu succeeded that with no help from the sherpas and
\nwith no extra supply of oxygen. For 2023, it was Romanian climbing’s greatest
\nperformance. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Horia
\nColib\u0103\u015fanu the Athlete of the week.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The Broad Peak 2023 Expedition was a project
\ncarried by the Timisoara-based Alternatives Sports Club, affiliated to the
\nRomanian Climbing and Escalade Federation. Horia Colibasanu has been a member of, for so many years now. The Romanian set
\noff from Bucharest on June 26, heading towards the Pakistani city of Islamabad. From there, he went to Askole, on the Karakorum
\nmain road, which is part of the ancient Silk Road. From there, he went trekking
\nfor a week, to the base camp. Then the ascension towards the Broad Peak followed,
\na peak formerly known as K3, a peak separated, to the north, from the spectacular
\nK2 by the Godwin – Austen glacier. <\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Broad Peak was the tenth over-8,000m peak Horia Colib\u0103sanu has escalated
\nin his career. Also, he took part in 25 international expeditions, being the most
\naccomplished Romanian in high-altitude climbing. Horia still remains the
\nonly Romanian to have reached the K2 and Daulagiri peaks, rated among the world’s
\nmost dangerous such peaks. In 2017, Horia Colibasanu climbed Everest with no sherpas
\nand no extra supply of oxygen. Of the 6,000 successful ascensions of Everest,
\nless than two hundred were made with no extra supply of oxygen, a performance
\nconsidered impossible until 1978. <\/p>\n

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