Kim Chang-ho

Kim Chang-ho

Kim Chang-ho ( kor .: 김창호 ; * 1969 in Yecheon , Gyeongsangbuk-do , South Korea ; † October 13, 2018 in Gurja Himal at 3500 m altitude, Himalaya , Nepal ) was a South Korean high altitude climber . He has climbed all eight-thousanders without the help of bottled oxygen, making him the fourteenth person and the first South Korean to do so. In addition, with a time span of only 7 years, 11 months and 6 days, he undercut the previous record set by Poland's Jerzy Kukuczka in 1987.

Kim died on October 13, 2018 along with four other South Koreans and four Nepalese porters in the Himalayas .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Han Dong-hui: 無 산소 · 無 동력 신화 '김창호 대장' 히말라야 에 지다. In: Chosun Ilbo . October 13, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018 (Korean). 
2. ↑ Stephanie Geiger: Nine Dead in the Himalayas, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from October 15, 2018.
3. ^ South Korean sets new record (accessed July 17, 2014)
4. ^ Korean Everest Sea-to-Summit marred by tragedy (accessed July 17, 2014)
5. ↑ 장재순: (4th LD) 5 S. Korean climbers found dead on Himalayan mountain after snowstorm . In: Yonhap News Agency . October 13, 2018 ( yonhapnews.co.kr [accessed October 13, 2018]).

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Chang-ho is the first name.