Park Young-seok
Korean spelling | |
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Hangeul | 박영석 |
Hanja | 朴英碩 |
Revised Romanization |
Bak Yeong-seok |
McCune- Reischauer |
Pak Yŏngsŏk |
Park Young-seok (born November 2, 1963 , † missing from Annapurna since October 18, 2011 ) was a South Korean mountaineer .
He became known as the first person to reach the Explorers Grand Slam . This means that he climbed all 14 eight-thousanders and the Seven Summits and reached both the North and South Poles . In October 2011, Park Young-seok wanted to climb Annapurna in a team of three on a new route on the south-west flank. He and his companions got caught in a snow storm and an avalanche and have been missing ever since.
Park was the eighth climber ever and the first in his home country to climb all eight-thousanders . He completed the series between May 16, 1993 and July 22, 2001, i.e. in 8 years, 2 months and 8 days. In 1997 the park climbed four eight-thousanders and in 2000 it climbed three eight-thousanders.
He reached the last of the Seven Summits on November 24, 2002. He climbed both the Carstensz pyramid and Mount Kosciuszko .
It reached the South Pole on January 14, 2004 and the North Pole on April 30, 2005. He was the first person to make this Adventure Grand Slam . After him, this has only been achieved by the Chinese Zhang Liang.
Table of his achievements
date | target | annotation |
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May 16, 1993 | Mount Everest | Ascent with additional oxygen |
1994 | Cho Oyu | |
June 2, 1994 | Mount McKinley | |
May 4, 1996 | Annapurna | |
Feb. 17, 1997 | Kilimanjaro | |
Apr 27, 1997 | Dhaulagiri | |
July 9, 1997 | Gasherbrum I | |
July 19, 1997 | Gasherbrum II | |
27 Sep 1997 | Cho Oyu | |
July 21, 1998 | Nanga Parbat | |
Dec 6, 1998 | Manaslu | Ascent in the meteorological winter |
May 12, 1999 | Kangchenjunga | Ascent with additional oxygen |
May 15, 2000 | Makalu | Ascent with additional oxygen |
July 30, 2000 | Broad Peak | |
Oct 2, 2000 | Shishapangma | |
Apr 29, 2001 | Lhotse | Ascent with additional oxygen |
July 22, 2001 | K2 | Ascent with additional oxygen |
Nov 21, 2001 | Mount Kosciuszko | |
Jan. 11, 2002 | Aconcagua | |
May 11, 2002 | Carstensz pyramid | |
July 7, 2002 | Elbrus | |
Nov 25, 2002 | Mount Vinson | |
Jan. 14, 2004 | South Pole | |
Apr 30, 2005 | North Pole | |
May 11, 2006 | Mount Everest | North-south crossing; with additional oxygen |
May 20, 2009 | Mount Everest | First ascent in the SW wall; with additional oxygen |
Web links
- Park Young-seok website (Korean)
- Table with people who reached the "three poles"
- List of people who made the seven summits
- Table with all people who have climbed all eight-thousanders, www.8000ers.com
Individual evidence
- ^ It's over: search for Korean climbers called off. In: ExplorersWeb. October 31, 2011, accessed November 2, 2011 .
- ↑ https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d774e304d544f78457a6333566d54/share_p.html
- ^ Three Korean Heros of Himalaya. (No longer available online.) Union of Aisan Alpine Associations, archived from the original on May 12, 2012 ; accessed on November 2, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Park, Young-seok |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean extreme mountaineer and adventurer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 2nd, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | South Korea |
DATE OF DEATH | after October 18, 2011 |
Place of death | Annapurna |