Bulgarian Ama Dablam Attempt. This Bulgarian expedition led by

B ulgarian A m a D ablam A ttem pt. This B ulgarian expedition led by V enelin Petrov had hoped to clim b a new route, the northw est ridge to the w est face. They were badly delayed because cargo by truck from B ulgaria failed to arrive on tim e and they had been on the m ountain only for four days w hen the big O ctober blizzard struck. V aleri G ueorguiev Peltekov and N icolai A postolov Proev reached 5600 m eters on O ctober 23 and then the clim b was abandoned because of dangerous snow conditions. M

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