ir ica ▁Tel eng a , ▁L ys i ph le bus ▁test ace p ies ▁C ress on , ▁Ph y to se i ulus ▁pers im ilis ▁Ath ias - Hen ri ot , ▁etc .; ▁ ▁Ent om op ath ogen ic ▁fung i ▁- ▁Vert ic ill ium ▁le can ii ▁( Z imm erman ) ▁V ieg as ; ▁ ▁P ests ▁in ▁stored ▁products ; ▁ ▁H ydro pon ic ▁methods ▁of ▁growing ▁cro ps ▁in ▁green h ouses . ▁ ▁Mount aine ering ▁and ▁veg an ism ▁ ▁At ▁ 1 4 ▁years ▁of ▁age , ▁as ▁a ▁school ▁boy ▁at ▁the ▁G ymnasium ▁of ▁Electron ics ▁and ▁Elect rical ▁Engineering ▁in ▁Sl iven , ▁he ▁dream ed ▁of ▁comple ting ▁Bulg aria ' s ▁longest ▁high - mount ain ▁h ik ing ▁trail ▁from ▁Kom ▁to ▁Em ine ▁( 6 5 0   km ). ▁This ▁dream ▁came ▁true ▁ 1 8 ▁years ▁later , ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁In ▁his ▁child hood , ▁until ▁he ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 8 , ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁prominent ▁fol kl ore ▁dance ▁ensemble ▁“ Tra ki y che ”. ▁Until ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁he ▁had ▁never ▁participated ▁in ▁any ▁sports ▁compet itions . ▁He ▁started ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁when ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁he ▁h ik ed ▁the ▁Kom - Em ine ▁trail . ▁Later ▁in ▁