Horia Colibasanu is a dentist, father of two boys and elite climber. In 2008, he refused to abandon, at 7400 meters on the Annapurna, his sick companion, the Basque mountaineer Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, implanted his own life in danger. His action dazzled the climbing community. Despite this tragic incident, he continued to climb in pure alpine style, without supplemental oxygen. In 2017, the 40-year-old Romanian athlete will return to Everest, after two unsuccessful attempts. For the first time, Horia is attempting a solo ascent.
Denis Urubko is one of the strongest Himalayan climbers of all time: he has climbed all 8000 meter peaks without supplemental oxygen, establishing new alpine style routes on Broad Peak, Manaslu, Cho Oyu and Lhotse. He also made the first winter ascents of Makalu and Gasherbrum II. Add to his legend, the incredible rescue of Elisabeth Revol in distress on the Nanga Parbat in January 2018, and that of about eight other climbers. Urubko's story is simply unique, tells us about him and his journey to becoming the best in very high mountains. Denis Urubko is not just an exceptional climber, he is a true legend whose feats of arms will remain etched in the history of mountaineering.
Mountaineering legend Denis Urubko shares his thoughts on what mountaineering is (or isn't). "It's important to get up from the table before you're full at mealtime. Sometimes people try to enjoy life to the fullest. And I'm afraid of it," he says in this interview given to Dominik Szczepański and produced by Jarek Tokarski for Duży Format.
Thanks to his perseverance, the Italian Simone Moro has written pages in the history of mountaineering, especially winter mountaineering on peaks over 8,000 meters high. I-VIEW tells of his adventure as a helicopter pilot and his dream of bringing helicopter rescue to the Himalayas.
Denis Urubko (Russian: Денис Викторович Урубко, Denis Viktorovitch Ouroubko), born July 29, 1973 in Nevinnomyssk (Russia), is a Russian and Polish mountaineer. He previously held Kazakh nationality from 1991 to 2012. In 2009, he became the fifteenth person to have climbed all 14 peaks over 8,000m high. In 2006, he won the speed climbing competition on Elbrus in 3 h 55 min 58 s for an ascent from Azau station to the summit, ie 3,250 meters. It arrives almost 40 minutes ahead of the second. He also won the Khan Tengri Mountain Festival where he made a round trip from the base camp at 4,200 meters to the summit at 7,010 meters in 12 hours and 21 minutes, winning by 3 hours in advance. He climbed 2 peaks of 8,000 meters in winter: Makalu in 2009 with Simone Moro and Gasherbrum II in 2011 with Cory Richards and Simone Moro. He also opened up new routes on Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Broad Peak. He has successfully climbed 22 peaks over 8,000 meters. He is the recipient of the Snow Leopard award and the event record for having climbed the 5 7000m peaks of the former USSR in 42 days in 1999. With Adam Bielecki, he led the rescue operation for Elisabeth Revol and Tomasz Mackiewicz on January 27, 2018, on Nanga Parbat, Pakistan. Climbing around 1,200 meters in altitude, at night and in difficult conditions in just eight hours, the expedition enabled the French mountaineer to be rescued but had to give up the rescue of Mackiewicz, who remained at around 7,200 meters above sea level, in the storm. He climbs without artificial oxygen supply, inspired by Reinhold Messner. He decides to end his career and the extreme Himalayas in February 2020.
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