Alexandru Găvan

Alexandru Găvan (born 19 May 1982) is a Romanian mountain climber. He is the first Romanian to reach the summit of Gasherbrum I and Makalu. In 2006, with the successful ascent of Cho Oyu, Alexandru became the youngest Romanian to have climbed an eight thousand meter peak and was among the few who freely spoke about the Nangpa La shootings.^[1] 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.^[2]

8000 m+ mountains summited

• 2006: Cho Oyu (8.201 m) - without bottled oxygen ^[3]
• 2007: Gasherbrum I (8.080 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen, alpine style ^[4]
• 2008: Makalu (8.485 m) – first Romanian ascent, without bottled oxygen ^[5][6]
• 2011: Manaslu (8.156 m) – without bottled oxygen ^[7][8]

Other notable ascents

• 2004: Chapaeva (6.130 m)
• 2005: Mont Blanc (4.810 m) – Miage – Bionnassay route

Notes

In 2007 and 2008, Alexandru Găvan attempted Gasherbrum II (8.034 m), but due to bad weather and high risk of avalanches, he was forced to retreat, both times, at 7.000 m.^[9]

References

External links

• Alexandru Găvan’s personal website
• Alex Gavan, Viata ca-n montagne-russe
• Alex’s short movies on top of Cho Oyu, Gasherbrum I (Romanian) and Makalu (Romanian)