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Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

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Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

Malyovitsa summit at 2729m as seen from the Malyovitsa complex
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

The team, left to right: Nick Iliev, Miroslava Doynova, Dobrin Minkov, Stefan Duchev
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

Summit seen from the river gorge, some four hours to target
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

A lush, beautiful meadow, under the towering north face
Photo: Nick Iliev

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

The gorge under the summit. Far in the distance secluded in the pine forest is the Malyovitsa lodge
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

Wild horses are a common sight everywhere
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

One of the countless rivers and the beginning of the gorge
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

Mira resting by one of the several lakes under the summit
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

Well above 2500m and some 45 minutes below the summit
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

View from the summit of Malyovitsa
Photo: Nick Iliev

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

Summit, 2729m: Stefan, Dobrin, Nick, Mira
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

At the summit pyramid.
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

Climbing Malyovitsa - picture gallery

The east face of Malyovitsa summit, route leading to Sedemte Ezera (Seven Lakes) and Ivan Vazov lodge. To the right, our hitchhiker, Hristo :)
Photo: Dobrin Minkov

This picture gallery will take you to the Malyovitsa summit, in the northwestern part of the Rila Mountains range, standing at 2,729m. It is one of the most iconic peaks in the entire range. In Rila mountain, which is considerably more mellow in appearance as opposed to the rugged Pirin, the harsh and jagged beauty of Malyovitsa is unparalleled

The imposing north wall was first climbed in 1938 by Konstantin Savadzhiev and Georgi Stoimenov.

Amongst the many interesting walls and summits to climb are: Zliya Zab "The Evil Fang" (200 m vertical wall with one of the most famous climbing routes in the country — Vezhdite "The Eyebrows"), Dvuglav "Two Heads" (a 300 m vertical wall), Iglata "The Needle", Dyavolski Igli "Devil's Needle", Ushite "The Ears"and several others. A wall available for not so experienced rock-climbers is Kuklata "The Doll".

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