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A peak in Rila now bears the name of Everest hero Lyudmil Yankov

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The fourth highest peak in Rila, previously known as the Nameless Summit, will now bear the name of mountaineer Lyudmil Yankov, in memory of the late Bulgarian mountaineer and hero of the Bulgarian expedition to Everest in 1984. This change is made through a decree by President Rumen Radev, promulgated in the State Gazette. The 2,792-meter peak is located on the ridge between Musala Peak and Mount Aleko.

In 1984, in an attempt to save mountaineer Hristo Prodаnov, who became the first Bulgarian to climb Everest, Lyudmil Yankov covered an incredible altitude difference of over 1,300 meters (ascending from 7,170 meters to 8,500 meters) in one go, in temperatures reaching minus 40 degrees Celsius. He suffered frostbite and had to have four of his fingers amputated after returning to Bulgaria

Lyudmil Yankov died at the age of 35 on April 17, 1988, under Kamilata Peak (the Camel Peak) in Rila, together with another mountaineer, Stoyan Nakov.




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