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Today is a sad day here, as our prolific mountain climber Atanas Skatov died, while attempting to climb the deadliest mountain in the world K2. :cry: :cry: 

 

Up until last month it was the only mountain never concurred in the winter, when 9 Nepalese climbers finally did it. Atanas had a target to concur it already from last year. It would have been his 11th Eight-thousander, as he had 4 left, before accomplishing the Himalayan Crown, which no Bulgarian has ever done.

 

He had already climbed - Everest (8848 m), Kangchenjunga (8586 m), Lhotse (8516 m), Makalu (8485 m), Cho Oyu (8201 m), 

                         Dhaulagiri (8167 m), Manaslu (8163 m), Annapurna (8091 m), Gasherbrum I (8080 m), Gasherbrum II (8034 m).

 

The 4 that were left were K2 (8611 m), Nanga Parbat (8126 m), Broad Peak (8051 m) and Shishapangma (8027 m)

 

While returning to a base camp at around 7400 m, after an unsuccessful attempt, he fell, while exchanging ropes. It is reported that had fallen 2000 m in the abyss, as that is where his body was found...

 

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It is just 2.5 years, after the death of our other prolific climber Boyan Petrov. He too was going for the Himalayan Crown. He too concurred 10 peaks and found his death on the 11th, just like Atanas. 

 

In 2018 Boyan Petrov attempted Shishapangma in a solo mission and without a satellite phone. He disappears soon after, which leads to one of the most largest rescue missions ever. In addition to the men on the trail, the Chinese use helicopters for 2 weeks, but the mission encounters many problems with bad weather.  His body was never found to this day..   

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our television has published viewer numbers for the last two years. it would be interesting to see the numbers in different countries.

 

The top number and most viewed program of RTVS was from the 3rd period of the Slovakia-Canada match at the Ice Hockey world championships 2019 with 1.8 million viewers followed from sport program by Petra Vlhová 2nd run in Flachau 2020 slalom with 900.000 viewers following the public TV RTVS2 :hyper:, in 3rd place was the overtime of the UEFA Euro 2020 play-off qualifier Slovakia-Northern Ireland with 839.000 people watching TV. The 2019 Ice Hockey world championships are the most represented in the Top 10.

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1 hour ago, hckošice said:

our television has published viewer numbers for the last two years. it would be interesting to see the numbers in different countries.

 

The top number and most viewed program of RTVS was from the 3rd period of the Slovakia-Canada match at the Ice Hockey world championships 2019 with 1.8 million viewers followed from sport program by Petra Vlhová 2nd run in Flachau 2020 slalom with 900.000 viewers following the public TV RTVS2 :hyper:, in 3rd place was the overtime of the UEFA Euro 2020 play-off qualifier Slovakia-Northern Ireland with 839.000 people watching TV. The 2019 Ice Hockey world championships are the most represented in the Top 10.

 

In terms of most watched sporting events in 2020 here is our top 10....

 

1  Gaelic Football  All-Ireland Final: Dublin v Mayo 876.6k
2  Rugby  Six Nations: France v Ireland 850.3k
3  Hurling  All-Ireland Final: Limerick v Waterford 712.9k
4  Rugby  Six Nations: Ireland v Scotland 635.8k
5  Rugby  Six Nations: England v Ireland 634.4k
6  Rugby  Six Nations: Ireland v Wales 605.2k
7  Football  Euro 2020 Play-Off: Slovakia v Ireland 570.4k
8  Rugby  Six Nations: Ireland v Italy 540.6k
9  Hurling  All-Ireland Semi-Final: Limerick v Galway 534.0k
10  Gaelic Football  All-Ireland Semi-Final: Mayo v Tipperary 533.2k

 

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A group of eight tourists have gone missing in Russia's infamous Dyatlov Pass where nine people died in unexplained circumstances in 1959.

 

The tourists from Moscow ventured into the pass in the rural region of Ural and had not returned by Wednesday morning as expected, Newsweek reported, citing E1.RU.

 

A source told the Russian outlet: 'They were supposed to leave at eight o'clock this morning. But they have not returned yet and there is no contact with them.'

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9249247/Dyatlov-Pass-Eight-tourists-missing-Russia-nine-people-mysteriously-died-1959.html

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@hckošice@OlympicIRL

 

You'd be disappointed to know 2020 Top 10 in Poland. 9x ski jumping and PSG vs Bayern Champions League final :p

 

Bischofshofen Four Hill finale was the highest watched with over 5.1 million people.

 

That's still more than 'Home Alone' on Christmas Eve though which "only" had 4.3 million :p

 

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