an ▁on ▁Ever est ▁ ▁was ▁released . ▁Sk at ov ▁has ▁published ▁many ▁scientific ▁articles ▁in ▁Bulg aria ▁and ▁abroad , ▁including ▁instructions ▁for ▁the ▁National ▁Service ▁for ▁Plant ▁Prote ction . ▁He ▁conduct s ▁present ations ▁and ▁motiv ational ▁meet ings . ▁He ▁has ▁been ▁interview ed ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁times ▁regarding ▁his ▁latest ▁project : ▁Cl im bing ▁the ▁ 1 4 ▁highest ▁summ its ▁on ▁the ▁planet ▁without ▁consumption ▁of ▁food ▁of ▁animal ▁origin . ▁ ▁Sk at ov ▁has ▁one ▁son , ▁born ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁Sk at ov ▁says ▁he ▁had ▁never ▁been ▁on ▁a ▁mountain ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁and ▁before ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁had ▁never ▁been ▁an ▁active ▁sports ▁person . ▁Without ▁passing ▁even ▁a ▁basic ▁mount aine ering ▁or ▁clim bing ▁training ▁program , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁known ▁person ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁on ▁a ▁veg an ▁di et ▁who ▁clim bed ▁the ▁highest ▁summ its ▁on ▁six ▁of ▁the ▁contin ents ▁in ▁less ▁than ▁two ▁years , ▁clim bing ▁four ▁eight ▁– ▁thousand ers ▁in ▁a ▁week ▁ap ie ce . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁Bulgar ian ▁mount aine er ▁taking ▁part ▁in ▁four ▁exped itions ▁to ▁clim b ▁eight - th ous and ers ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁season . ▁ ▁Sk at ov ▁became ▁a ▁veg an ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁put ▁on ▁test ▁this ▁kind ▁of ▁di et ▁by ▁clim bing ▁the