Horia Colibășanu’s expedition is progressing in the best conditions so far. Upon his arrival in Kathmandu, he prepared his whole equipment for the expedition, which was then handed over to his collaborators to be transported to Base Camp. After landing on the most dangerous airport in the world, in the town of Lukla at 2,800 m altitude, he began the trekking stage through the Khumbu Valley.
Having arrived in Nepal, Horia also met with the national authorities in order to finalize the paperwork allowing him to accomplish this year’s expedition: the opening of a new route to the summit of Everest (8,848m).
Peter Hámor, Horia’s expedition partner, has also arrived in Nepal, and with the team complete they have started planning for the following weeks.
“We are fine, have finalized the administrative preparations, still have a few things to pick up from Namche Bazar (3,500m) in order to complete our equipment. The atmosphere is pleasant, which is good, especially that this year we are accompanied by friends up to Base Camp”, said Horia about the time spent so far in Nepal.
As for the next stage of the expedition, Horia will be leaving the Sherpa capital and heading for Periche (4,250m), where he’ll be arriving on April 7th.
On Easter day, Horia will be on his way to the Everest-Lhotse Base Camp, where he’ll be acclimatizing for about 5 days.
Horia Colibăşanu’s objective in the Himalayas for 2018 is to open a new route to the summit of Everest (8,848m).
This year marks Colibășanu’s 20th international expedition and also his 15th in the Himalayas.
The Everest ascent is a project of the Alternative Sports Club from Timișoara (Romania), affiliated to the Romanian Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, which runs and monitors mountaineering projects included in the international sports calendar.
Horia Colibășanu is supported in this expedition by the following Gold Level Sponsors: Profi, FAN Courier and Comtim.
The ascent project’s Silver Level Sponsor is: AD Auto Total.
Bronze Level Sponsors are: Mewi, Poka, Recaş Vineyards and the Timişoara City Hall.
Equipment partners are: Marmot, S75.ro, Sport Guru, Suunto, GoPro, Deltatel.
The expedition can be followed on www.horiacolibasanuhimalaya.ro , the ‘Horia Colibășanu’ Facebook page and his Twitter page.