Hristo Prodanov Bust-monument
Bulgaria /
Plovdiv /
Karlovo /
World
/ Bulgaria
/ Plovdiv
/ Karlovo
, 1 km from center (Карлово)
World / Bulgaria / Plovdiv
memorial, bust (sculpture), 1986_construction
Hristo Prodanov (Bulgarian: Христо Проданов) (24 February 1943 – 21 April 1984) was a Bulgarian mountaineer. Prodanov was the first Bulgarian to climb Mount Everest (8,848 m), doing it via the most difficult way - the West Ridge - as well as alone and without oxygen. Prodanov was the first person to climb Everest in April, when the weather conditions are generally too bad for an expedition, and also the thirteenth person (the first person from the West Ridge) to climb Everest without the use of bottled oxygen. Climbing the summit at 18:15 local time, he had to descend overnight and got lost shortly after that. On the next afternoon, he reported he had lost his gloves and soon would be unable to hold the radio button long enough to talk. His body was never found.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristo_Prodanov
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°38'58"N 24°48'37"E
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- Hristo Botev Memorial 14 km
- Arch of Freedom Monument 21 km
- War Memorial 28 km
- “Gradnishki Boaz” Memorial Complex 28 km
- War Memorial 33 km
- Memorial Plaques 38 km
- Todor Asenov monument 39 km
- Fertility Monument 48 km
- Stara planina 0.2 km
- Opalchenski 0.5 km
- Beshbunar 0.6 km
- Centralen 0.7 km
- Poligona 1.1 km
- Vasil Levski Neighborhood 1.2 km
- Izgrev 1.5 km
- Karlovo Municipality 10 km
- Central Balkan National Park 14 km
- Rozovata Dolina (Rose Valley) 30 km