Doychin Vasilev

Doychin Vasilev (Bulgarian: Дойчин Василев, 12 June 1944 – 7 December 2024) was a Bulgarian mountaineer who climbed five Himalayan 8,000 m peaks: Dhaulagiri (in 1995), Mount Everest (1997), Makalu (1998), and Shishapangma and Cho Oyu (1999).

President of Alpine Club Vihren, Sofia.

Participant in the Bulgarian Antarctic expedition Tangra 2004/05, noted by Discovery Channel as a timeline event in Antarctic exploration.

[1] Documentaries by Doychin Vasilev include Chomolungma (1997), Makalu (1998), Manaslu (1999), and White Dreams (2001).

Vasilev died on 7 December 2024, at the age of 80.