Dimitar Ilievski-Murato

Dimitar "Dime" Ilievski-Murato (Macedonian: Димитар Илиевски-Мурато; 29 September 1953 – 10 May 1989) was a mountaineer from SR Macedonia then part of SFR Yugoslavia, who was born in Bitola and died on Mount Everest. He was the first national of modern Republic of Macedonia ever to climb the highest peak of the world, Mount Everest. He reached the summit on 10 May 1989, and after summiting he didn't return to any of the camps, and is officially missing.

Memorial of Dimitar Ilievski-Murato on Pelister near the "Kopanki" mountain refuge

Dimitar Ilievski reached the summit of Mount Everest on 10 May 1989 as part of a larger Macedonian expedition, of which only few alpinists succeeded to reach the summit. The expedition leader was Jovan Poposki. Dimitar Ilievski is noted as the 264th summiter of Mount Everest.^[1]

He was part of the First Macedonian Alpine Expedition Andes '82, the Macedonian Alpine Expedition Pamir '84, the First Macedonian Alpine Himalayan Expedition Manaslu '86 and the Macedonian Alpine Himalayan Expedition Everest '89.

After reaching the summit, he put the flags of both former SFR Yugoslavia and SR Macedonia.

In his honour, a traditional memorial march to Pelister named after him is organized every year around the date of his biggest achievement and tragedy.

References

1. Mickovi, Miodrag (11 May 2021). "32 years since the mysterious death of Dimitar Ilievski-Murato on Mount Everest: Why was Dime in a hurry?". Sloboden Pecat. Free Press Doo Skopje. Retrieved 28 November 2002.