Lhotse

Conqueror of four of the world’s highest peaks

Greek climber Antonis Sykaris holds up the Greek flag atop one of four peaks with an altitude of more than 8,000 meters in the Himalayas that he scaled within a period of one year - the first Greek to do so - in this photo released on Saturday. His most recent achievement was the conquest of Mt Lhotse (8,516 meters) on May 14.

Boyan Petrov Becomes First Bulgarian to Ascend Eighth Highest Peak in World

The Bulgarian mountaineer Boyan Petrov became on Wednesday the first Bulgarian to have ascended the eighth highest peak in the world - Manaslu in the Himalayas.

The information was announced by the website of the expedition - Seven Summit Treks Manaslu and has not yet been confirmed by Petrov himself, which will be possible only after he reaches the base camp.