Crina Coco Popescu

Most Successful Young

Alpinist

*First woman that successfully

ended the 7 Volcanoes

Circuit.

* Romanian 20 years old Crina COCO Popescu is the

youngest mountaineer worldwide and also the first

woman that finishes the Volcanic 7 Summits Circuit
reaching the summits of the highest Volcanoes on 7
continents! The Romanian alpinist representing the
Romanian Mountaineering and Climbing Federation
finished on January 24, in Antarctica, the Circuit by
climbing Mount Sidley 4285 m the highest Volcano
in Antarctica. Coco is also the first woman to ever
climb on Mount Sidley.

* Coco Popescu climbed Mt. Sidley in Antarctica as

part of the first mountaineer expedition on this

Arctic volcano, with Russian Alex Abramov, Italian
Mario Trimeri and American Scott Woolams.

* We knew we were the first team to climb this

summit, and we felt this even better when we

were searching the best way up, Crina Coco
Popescu said when she came back down. We
searched the ridge, eyes on the altimeter, to
catch the highest point. We found two points,
measuring approximately the same, and those
were the highest. On the ridge we were tied by
rope, so we would have reached the peak in a
specific line. But weve stopped and waited one
another so we can step in the same time on the
summit, sharing the joy of the premiere, she
added.

* Romanian mountaineers objectives in this

expedition have been climbing the highest

Volcano of the continent Mount Sidley and
the highest mountain Mount Vinson.

* Before finishing the 7 Volcanoes Circuit, on

January 4, Romanian Crina Coco Popescu,

stepped on Mount Vinson Summit. For Coco
this meant reaching the sixth summit of the 7
Summits Circuit the summits of the 7
continents which she intends to finish before
she turns 18. She is the youngest mountaineer
to reach Mt. Vinson. On this summit she
climbed with Russian mountaineers Alex
Abramov and Max Bogatyrev from 7 Summits
Club and Italian Mario Trimeri.

Coco establishes new World Records in Antarctica:

First woman to finish 7 Volcanoes;
Youngest woman on Mt. Vinson;

*About COCO Popescu:

* Born in Rasnov, Crina Popescu has been doing mountain escalations
since she was 6, together with her father. She was named athlete
of the year by the Romanian Federation of Mountaineering and
Climbing. She is the youngest member of the Altitudine mountain
climb who takes part in expeditions on tall mountains.
* She climbed Dente Del Giante (the Alps), up to 4000 meters when
she was 11. Olympus, Ararat and Mont Blanc followed;

* At 12 years old she climbed Kalapatar in Nepal;

* At 13 years old she reached some more summits: Kazbek in the
Caucasus, Damavand and Alam Kuh in Iran;

* In late 2008 she climbed Ojos Del Salado in Atacama, the highest
volcano in the world;

* In January 2009 she climbed Aconcagua South Americas giant.

Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus followed;

* January 2010 she had the expedition in Oceania where she climbed
Kosciuszko, Carstensz Pyramid and Giluwe, after that in North
America Pico de Orizaba & McKinley;

At 16 years old, Coco Popescu already had six age

records in alpinism, joined by the ones beat in
Antarctica, and a title of Sport Master. She is a
Nadia Comaneci of world alpinism!

Crina "Coco" Popescu received the Medal of

Honor awarded by WRA only to the ones achieving
exceptional world records in sport; only 10 such
medals are awarded annually.

Crina Coco Popescu is the initiator and promoter

of "7 Mountains in Carpathian Garden Circuit"
aiming at reaching the highest peaks in Bucegi,
Fagaras, Retezat, Metaliferi, Rodnei, Ceahlau and
Piatra Craiului Mountains (Romania) in summer
and winter climbing.

* In her expedition in Antarctica, Crina Coco

Popescu did not go accompanied by her father

and trainer, climber Ovidiu Popescu, as had
happened before. How did she feel being
separated from her family?

* It was a special experience, but I have always

known that, on the mountain, you are on your

own, you help yourself, Ive never counted on my
dads or someone elses help. I climbed Mount
Vinson and Mount Sidley with Romania on my
mind. Each expedition is a new dream for me, a
new wish. There are many happy moments in an
expedition, but the moment you reach the top is
just fantastic, you feel that your hard work and
efforts have paid off. Training is the hardest part,
but in expeditions we try to enjoy every minute
of the experience.

* Crina Coco Popescu trains 3 hours a day: she

runs, bikes and climbs rocks