April 20, 1984 – Hristo Prodanov climbed Everest

Born in the town of Karlovo in 1943, Hristo Prodanov is the first Bulgarian mountaineer, who climbed Everest, the highest summit in the world, on April 20, 1984. He is the thirteenth man in the world, who managed to reach the summit without an oxygen mask climbing up the most difficult route – the western (Nepal) slope, also called the “Mean Route”. The Bulgarian Hristo Prodanov is the only mountaineer in the world who managed to climb Everest in April. As of 1953 the summit has been attacked and climbed only in May, when the climate is favorable and the nature allows the dare-devils to take their chances. Even today an April climbing is considered almost impossible. After he climbed Everest, Bulgaria became the nineteenth country in the world to have its representative, who has climbed Everest. Hristo died on his way down from the summit on April 21, 1984.