Climbers participating in the rescue attempt of the Spanish mountaineer Inaki Ochoa de Olza were awarded "The Gold Medal for Merits in Sport" by the President of the Government of Navarra (Spain) in an official ceremony held in Pamplona. They were Swiss Ueli Steck and Simon Anthamatten, Russians Alexey Bolotov and Serguey Bogomolov, Kazakh Denis Urubko, Canadian Don Bowie, Polish Robert Szymczak, Romanians Horia Colibasanu, Alex Gavan and Mihnea Radulescu and five Sherpas: Pemba Ongchu Sherpa, Ongchu Sherpa, Wangchu Sherpa, Chhiring Finjo Sherpa and Nima Nuru.

Launching of HP Pavilion in Romania , latest HP laptops range. Alex is the character of a video endorsement, part of the international campaign "The computer it's personal again", that features among others Keanu Reeves, Paulo Coelho, and Serena Williams. To date, HP was one of the major supporters of Alex's expeditions. Watch the commercial bellow.

Alex Gavan will be a jury member of the XVI-th edition of International Mountain Film Festival in Poprad, Slovakia.

Alex Gavan and Mihnea Radulescu featured in the new Orange campaign "Together we can do more".

Launching of the Unilever Foundation in Romania. The foundation will finance projects in four areas (environment, healthcare, education and culture ) and is having as Trustees Cristian Mungiu, Liviu Papadima, Cosmin Alexandru, Dragos Bucurenci, Dan Mircea Cheta, Gili Mocanu and Alex Gavan.