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Park Young-seok

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Park Young-seok (Korean: 박영석; Hanja: 朴英碩; November 2, 1963 – October 2011) was a South Korean mountaineer.

Park Young-seok
Born
Park Young-seok

(1963-11-02)November 2, 1963
Seoul, South Korea
DiedOctober 2011(2011-10-00) (aged 47)
Annapurna, Nepal
OccupationMountaineer
Known forFirst person to complete the True Explorers Grand Slam
Korean name
Hangul
박영석
Hanja
朴英碩
Revised RomanizationBak Yeongseok
McCune–ReischauerPark Yongsŏk

In May 2005, he became the first person in the world to complete a True Explorers Grand Slam.[1] He climbed the world's 14 eight-thousanders, the Seven Summits, and trekked to both poles.[1] He holds the world's fifth fastest time (behind Kristin Harila of Norway, Nirmal Purja of Nepal, Kim Chang-ho[2] of South Korea, and Jerzy Kukuczka of Poland) for ascending the 14 eight-thousanders, he climbed six of the 8,000-meter Himalayan peaks within one year, and gained another record for reaching the South Pole on foot in 44 days, self-sufficient and without any food re-supplies.[3]

Achievements edit

Name of Peak Elevation (m) Date of summit
1. Everest 8,848 1993-05-16
2. K2 8,611 2001-07-22
3. Kangchenjunga 8,586 1999-05-12
4. Lhotse 8,516 2001-04-29
5. Makalu 8,463 2000-05-15
6. Cho Oyu 8,201 1997-09-27
7. Dhaulagiri 8,167 1997-04-27
8. Manaslu 8,163 1998-12-06
9. Nanga Parbat 8,125 1998-07-21
10. Annapurna 8,091 1996-05-04
11. Gasherbrum I 8,068 1997-07-09
12. Broad Peak 8,047 2000-07-30
13. Gasherbrum II 8,035 1997-07-19
14. Shishapangma 8,027 2000-10-02
15. Aconcagua 6,959 2002-01-11
16. Denali 6,195 1994-06-02
17. Kilimanjaro 5,895 1997-02-17
18. Elbrus 5,642 2002-07-07
19. Vinson Massif 4,897 2002-11-25
20. Carstensz Pyramid 4,884 2002-05-11
21. Kosciusko 2,280 2001-09-21
22. South Pole 2,835 2004
23. North Pole Sea level 2005-04-30
24. Everest
North-South Traverse		 8,848 2006-05-11

Disappearance edit

Park and his other team members went missing after their last communications on October 18, 2011 while attempting a new route on Annapurna.[4] Park Young-seok, Shin Dong-min, and Gang Gi-seok decided to abort the climb at around 6400 meters due to heavy rockfall and went missing during the descent. The Korean Alpine Federation immediately launched a search and rescue operation. In the ten-day long rescue operation to find the missing climbers, no signs of Park, Shin or Gang were found. Presuming that the team had perished due to rockfall, the Federation decided to call off the operation on October 28, 2011 and expressed their condolences.[5][6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Mr. Park completes the Grand Slam". EverestNews.com. 2005-05-01. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  2. ^ "Korean Everest Sea to Summit marred by tragedy". thebmc.co.uk. 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  3. ^ Jun, Chang (2004-01-13). "박영석씨 등 5명, 남극원정 성공" [Park and 5 members reach the South Pole]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Seoul. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  4. ^ "The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea – Korean Mountaineer Missing on Annapurna". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  5. ^ "Everest K2 News Explorersweb – the pioneers checkpoint". Explorersweb.com. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  6. ^ Woo, Jaeyeon (2011-10-31). "With Park Gone, Korea Loses Its Trailblazer – Korea Real Time – WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.

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