Gavan

Romanian climber Alex Gavan on July 18 ascended Gasherbrum 2, elevation 8,035 meters, of Mount Karakorum, Pakistan, without using additional oxygen or Sherpas, according to a press statement released on Tuesday. This is Gavan's seventh successful climb of a peak with an elevation higher than 8,000m.

Romanian climber Alex Gavan, who has six eight-thousanders under his belt, kick-started this Tuesday a fundraising campaign for post-disaster intervention and reconstruction in quake-stricken Nepal, dubbed "Joy for Nepal."