To Hong-gil

Korean spelling
Hangeul	엄홍길
Hanja	嚴弘吉
Revised ; Romanization	Eom Hong-gil
McCune- ; Reischauer	Ŏm Honggil
	See also : Korean name

Um Hong-gil (born September 14, 1960 ) is a South Korean mountaineer . He is the second South Korean and the ninth mountaineer ever to have managed to climb all eight-thousanders . He climbed Mount Everest three times.

In 2015 the film The Himalayas by director Lee Seok-hoon , which is based on Forsaken, with Hwang Jung-min in the lead role. The film had over 7.8 million admissions in South Korea and successfully prevailed against the film Star Wars - The Force Awakens , which was running at the same time .

Eight-thousanders chronology

September 26, 1988: Mount Everest (with the help of bottled oxygen)
September 10, 1993: Cho Oyu
May 8, 1995: Makalu
July 12, 1995: Broad Peak
October 2nd, 1995: Lhotse
May 1, 1996: Dhaulagiri
September 27, 1996: Manaslu
July 9, 1997: Hidden Peak
July 16, 1997: Gasherbrum II
April 29, 1999: Annapurna
July 12, 1999: Nanga Parbat
May 19, 2000: Kangchenjunga (with the help of bottled oxygen)
July 31, 2000: K2 (with the help of bottled oxygen)
September 21, 2001: Shishapangma
May 16, 2002: Mount Everest
May 21, 2003: Mount Everest

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Eberhard Jurgalski : Ascents - Everest. ( PDF , approx. 355 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .
↑ Elizabeth Hawley : Cho Oyu from the North in the Post-Monsoon . In: The American Alpine Journal . 1994, p. 278 ( online on the American Alpine Club website as PDF , approx. 1.5 MB [accessed on August 10, 2010]).
↑ ^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).
↑ Broad Peak. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .
↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Gasherbrum I. ( PDF , approx. 57 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .
↑ To the community. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014 ; Retrieved May 25, 2011 (Korean).
↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Nanga Parbat. ( PDF , approx. 49 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .
↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Kangchenjunga. ( PDF , approx. 42 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .
^ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - K2. ( PDF , approx. 48 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .
↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Shisha Pangma. ( PDF , approx. 55 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .

personal data
SURNAME	Um, Hong-gil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	엄홍길 (Korean, Hangeul); 嚴弘吉 (Korean, Hanja); Eom, Hong-gil (Revised Romanization); Ŏm, Honggil (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	South Korean climber
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	South Korea

[8-me-1] Eberhard Jurgalski : Ascents - Everest. ( PDF , approx. 355 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .

[2] Elizabeth Hawley : Cho Oyu from the North in the Post-Monsoon . In: The American Alpine Journal . 1994, p. 278 ( online on the American Alpine Club website as PDF , approx. 1.5 MB [accessed on August 10, 2010]).

[ntm-nepal-3] 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).

[broadpeak.org-4] Broad Peak. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .

[8-g1-5] Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Gasherbrum I. ( PDF , approx. 57 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .

[6] To the community. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014 ; Retrieved May 25, 2011 (Korean).

[8-np-7] Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Nanga Parbat. ( PDF , approx. 49 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .

[8-km-8] Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Kangchenjunga. ( PDF , approx. 42 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .

[8-k2-9] Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - K2. ( PDF , approx. 48 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .

[8-sp-10] Eberhard Jurgalski: Ascents - Shisha Pangma. ( PDF , approx. 55 KB) In: 8000ers.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010 .