Alexandru Găvan
Alex Găvan (born 19 May 1982) is a Romanian mountaineer specializing in Himalayan climbing of 8,000 meter peaks without using supplemental oxygen or sherpa support in his ascents. Since 2006, Găvan runs a special project to climb all 14 eight-thousanders in the world. He is the first Romanian climber to reach the summit of Gasherbrum I, Makalu, and Shishapangma.
Also recorded as Alex Găvan · Alexandru Costin Găvan
Alexandru Găvan
- Full name
- Alexandru Costin Găvan.
- Born
- Alexandru Găvan was born on 19 May 1982. · Cepari.
- Nationality
- Romania
- Occupation
- mountaineer · photographer · environmentalist · orator
- Education
- Vlaicu Vodă National College in Curtea de Argeș · Faculty of International Business and Economics
- Languages
- Romanian
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Alex Găvan (born 19 May 1982) is a Romanian mountaineer specializing in Himalayan climbing of 8,000 meter peaks without using supplemental oxygen or sherpa support in his ascents. Since 2006, Găvan runs a special project to climb all 14 eight-thousanders in the world. He is the first Romanian climber to reach the summit of Gasherbrum I, Makalu, and Shishapangma.
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Alexandru Găvan (born 1982) is a Romanian environmentalist, mountaineer and orator, among other activities. The environmentalist was born Alexandru Costin Găvan in Cepari.
Alexandru Găvan studied at Faculty of International Business and Economics and Vlaicu Vodă National College in Curtea de Argeș. The environmentalist lived in Bucharest. Languages used include Romanian.
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8,000 m+ mountains summited
8,000 m+ mountains summited
His other three successful climbs of Cho Oyu, Manaslu, and Broad Peak are second Romanian ascents. In 2006, with the successful ascent of Cho Oyu, he became at 24 years old the youngest Romanian ever to have climbed an eight-thousander and was among the few who freely spoke about the Nangpa La shootings. He was awarded with "The 2007 Romanian Sportsman of the Year in High Altitude Mountaineering" by the Romanian Federation of Alpinism and Sport Climbing for the first Romanian ascent of Gasherbrum I.
• 2006: Cho Oyu (8,201 m) - second Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen • 2007: Gasherbrum I (8,080 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen, alpine style • 2008: Makalu (8,485 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen • 2011: Manaslu (8,156 m) – second Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen • 2013: Shishapangma (8,027 m) - first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen • 2014: Broad Peak (8,047 m) - second Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen • 2019: Gasherbrum II (8,035 m) - third Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen
Other notable ascents
Other notable ascents
• 2004: Chapaeva (6,130 m) • 2005: Mont Blanc (4,810 m) – Miage–Bionnassay route
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- 1.Romanian Nangpa La report: "Tibetans were hunted like rats"
- 2.fralpinism.ro. www.fralpinism.ro.
- 3.cloudclimbing.ro. www.cloudclimbing.ro.
- 4.Explorersweb.
- 5.fralpinism.ro. www.fralpinism.ro.
- 6.Explorersweb.
- 7.Alex Găvan, de patru ori pe acoperişul lumii! Vezi cum arată lumea de la opt mii de metri!. adevarul.ro.
- 8.Explorersweb.
- 9.cloudclimbing.ro. www.cloudclimbing.ro.
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