Atanas Skatov

Atanas Georgiev Skatov (; born Atanas Georgiev Dimitrov; 11 March 1978 – 5 February 2021) was a Bulgarian mountaineer, vegan, agronomist in plant protection, entomologist, and ecologist.
On 24 May 2014 he became the first known vegan to ascend Everest. He tried to become the first known vegan to summit the 14 highest summits on Earth and successfully reached the top of 10 of them.
On 20 June 2017, Skatov ascended solo in alpine style Mount Denali in Alaska and became the first Bulgarian and the world's first vegan to climb successfully the Seven Summits.
He died on the way down from K2 after his unsuccessful ascent.