Boyan Petrov

Boyan Petrov (Bulgarian: Боян Петров, born 7 February 1973) is a Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer, working at the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia.[1] As of July 2016, he has climbed 8 eight-thousanders, all without supplementary oxygen. This achievement makes him Bulgarian altitude climber with the highest number of peaks over 8000 meters.

On 20 May 2014 he became the first Bulgarian to climb the third highest peak on Earth Kangchenjunga (8586m), as well as the first diabetic to climb such an altitude and without oxygen.[2][3] On 23 July he climbed Broad Peak (8047m).[4] On 31 July 2014 he became the first Bulgarian to climb the second highest peak on the planet K2 (8611m), which also made him the 35th person to climb three eight thousanders in less than 100 days.[5] His double climb – on Broad Peak and K2 in 8 days, is also a world record.[4] For these remarkable successes the Bulgarian climber was greeted with a video message by mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner.[4] His documentary film about his climbs "3x8000" was broadcast on Bulgarian National Television in December 2014.[6][7]

Boyan Petrov is a cancer survivor and a diabetic.[8] In 2008 he fell while climbing in the Alps and broke his leg.[9] During the descent of Gasherbrum II in 2009 fell in a glacial crevasse and was saved by a group of Spanish climbers.[10] In 2013 Petrov suffered a car accident and received a new fracture on one of his legs.[11] Despite of that the following year he successfully climbed Kangchenjunga, Broad Peak and K2 with internal fixators in this leg.[12] After the descent of K2 got a serious hypoglycemic crisis while in base camp, lost consciousness and was able to recover with the help of Polish climbers.[13][14]

Ascents of peaks over 6000 meters[15]

Year Peak Hight Mountain State Notes
2001 Broad Peak 8047 m Karakoram  Pakistan Altitude reached 7300 m
2003 Lenin Peak 7134 m Pamir  Kyrgyzstan
2004 Aconcagua 6962 m Andes  Argentina
2004 Denali 6195 m American Cordillera  USA
2005 K2 8611 m Karakoram  Pakistan Altitude reached 8200 m
2007 Khan Tengri 6995 m Tian Shan  Kazakhstan
2009 Gasherbrum I 8080 m Karakoram  Pakistan First Bulgarian ascent. Without oxygen
2009 Gasherbrum II 8035 m Karakoram  Pakistan Altitude reached 8030 m
2010 Peak Korzhenevskaya 7105 m Pamir  Tajikistan
2010 Ismoil Somoni Peak 7495 m Pamir  Tajikistan
2014 Kangchenjunga 8586 m Himalayas    Nepal First Bulgarian ascent. Without oxygen
2014 Broad Peak 8047 m Karakoram  Pakistan Without oxygen
2014 K2 8611 m Karakoram  Pakistan First Bulgarian ascent. Without oxygen
2015 Manaslu 8163 m Himalayas    Nepal First Bulgarian ascent. Without oxygen
2016 Annapurna I 8091 m Himalayas    Nepal Without oxygen
2016 Makalu 8485 m Himalayas    Nepal Without oxygen
2016 Nanga Parbat 8126 m Himalayas  Pakistan Without oxygen
  Eight-thousanders climbed.

References

  1. ↑ Boyal Petrov, NMNHS
  2. ↑ Тайнствен глас водил Боян Петров към върха Archived 13 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine., Монитор
  3. ↑ Bulgarian Mountaineer Boyan Petrov Climbs Kangchenjunga Summit
  4. 1 2 3 Boyan Petrov: The most successful summer of Bulgarian mountaineering, Bulgarian National Radio
  5. ↑ Боян Петров: Най-добрият алпинист е живият алпинист OFFNews
  6. ↑ БНТ излъчва втора част на филма „3x8000“
  7. ↑ БНТ излъчва филм за алпиниста Боян Петров
  8. ↑ Гергана Лабова, "Боян Петров: жив си, когато не се отказваш", www.gnezdoto.net, 2015, in Bulgarian. Retrieved 28-07-2016.
  9. ↑ Мара Калчева, "Боян Петров: Диабетик съм, но катеря осемхилядници!", www.blitz.bg, 28-05-2013, in Bulgarian. Retrieved 28-07-2016.
  10. ↑ Бойко Оков, "Покорителят на Гашербрум -1 и Гашербрум - 2 Боян Петров: Бях сам, спикел и щека на 30 метра от върха", www.verticalworld.net, 28-08-2009, in Bulgarian. Retrieved 28-07-2016.
  11. ↑ Мара Калчева, "Боян Петров: Диабетик съм, но катеря осемхилядници!", www.blitz.bg, 28-05-2013, in Bulgarian. Retrieved 28-07-2016.
  12. ↑ Бойко Оков, "Властелинът на осемхилядниците покорил К2 с 12 пирона в крака", www.blitz.bg, 17-08-2014, in Bulgarian. Retrieved 28-07-2016.
  13. ↑ Michał Bugno, "Dziękują Polakom za uratowanie człowieka na Broad Peak. "To bohaterstwo!", sport.wp.pl, 12-09-2014, in Polish. Retrieved 28-07-2016.
  14. ↑ Стефан Чолаков, "Боян Петров: Под К-2 имах криза заради кръвната захар", "24 часа", 14-08-2014, in Bulgarian. Retrieved 28-07-2016.
  15. ↑ CV of Boyan Petrov, National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Official Site. Retrieved 24-05-2016.
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