Eight-thousander

Viki Grošelj, the Slovenian mountaineer with the largest number of eight-thousanders under his belt and the first Slovenian to have climbed all the highest peaks of the globe's continents, has made the prestigious Rock & Ice Stars list of names engraved at the entrance to Reinhold Messner's Firmian museum in Bolzano.

The fall of Atanas Skatov under K2 (8,611 meters) ended fatally. Pakistani journalist Jamil Nagri first spread this news on his Twitter account, and then it appeared elsewhere, as it became clear that his dead body had been found.

On October 3, Bulgarian climber Atanas Skatov summited Dhaulagiri (8,176 m), which the 7th highest mountain in the world, BNT reported.

This is the tenth eighth-thousander the 41-year-old Bulgarian climbed after his ascent of Kanchengjong (8,586 m) on May 15, Gasherbrum I (8080 M0 on July 12 and Gasherbrum II (8035 m) on July 18th.

Today, pressclub "Bulgaria" will award one of its few Silver Falcon awards to Bulgarian climber Atanas Skatov.

The mountaineer, who is a vegan, will be awarded for his strong character and bravery this year as he climbed three eight-thousanders: Kanchenjunga, Gasherbrum 1 and Gasherbrum 2, and is now to set off for Dhaulagiri, which will be his fourth for this year, BNT reported.

That night at 4:09 am Bulgarian time the alpinist Atanas Skatov climbed to the 13th highest peak of the planet - Gasherbrum 2.

Bulgarian mountaineer Atanas Skatov has successfully climbed Mount Geshebrar I, the organiser of the expedition reported on July 12. writes BNT. 

This is Skatov's second eight-thousander for this year, after in May he summited Kanchengjonga (8586m).

The Bulgarian mountaineers Boyan Petrov and Atanas Skatov ascended the fifth highest peak in the world - Makalu on Monday.

Located in the Himalayas and rising at an altitude of 8485 metres, Makalu is one of the fourteen peaks with a height of above 8000 metres.