Han Wang-yong

Han Wang-yong (born September 15, 1966 ) is a South Korean mountaineer . He climbed all 14 eight-thousanders , the mountains with a height of over 8000 meters. He completed this series of ascent as the third South Korean and the eleventh mountaineer ever. After the success, he led expeditions on Mount Everest , which cleaned up the rubbish of other climbers.

Eight-thousanders chronology

• September 28, 1994: Cho Oyu
• October 14, 1995: Mount Everest (with the help of bottled oxygen)
• April 27, 1997: Dhaulagiri
• July 13, 1997: Hidden Peak
• October 18, 1997: Lhotse
• May 3, 1998: Annapurna
• July 21, 1998: Nanga Parbat
• May 12, 2000: Manaslu (with the help of bottled oxygen)
• July 31, 2000: K2
• May 14, 2001: Makalu
• September 21, 2001: Shishapangma
• May 13, 2002: Kangchenjunga (with the help of bottled oxygen)
• June 26, 2003: Gasherbrum II
• July 15, 2003: Broad Peak

See also

• List of climbers who have climbed all eight-thousanders

Web links

• Eberhard Jurgalski : Climbers who have ascended to the summits of all of the world's 14 mountains over 8000 meters. ( PDF , approx. 10.6  KB ) In: 8000ers.com. May 26, 2012, accessed May 27, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Everest 2006: Han Wang Yong to clean up Mt Everest and plans to bring bodies down from Everest. In: EverestNews.com. Retrieved May 26, 2011 . 
2. ^ Everest 2006: Han Wang Yong has started the clean up expedition on Mt Everest. In: EverestNews.com. Retrieved May 26, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski : Ascents - Everest. ( PDF , approx. 355 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} About Nepal Himalayas. ( PDF , approx. 8  MB ) Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal, June 2010, archived from the original on April 14, 2012 ; Retrieved on May 25, 2011 (English, 5th edition). 
5. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Gasherbrum I. ( PDF , approx. 57 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
6. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Nanga Parbat. ( PDF , approx. 49 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
7. ^ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - K2. ( PDF , approx. 48 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
8. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Shisha Pangma. ( PDF , approx. 55 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
9. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Kangchenjunga. ( PDF , approx. 42 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 
10. ↑ Pakistan 2003 Mountaineering Expedition List. k2news.com, accessed April 29, 2013 . 
11. ↑ Broad Peak. Retrieved August 4, 2010 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Han is the family name here, Wang-yong is the first name.