Park Young-seok | |
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Born | Park Young-seok (1963-11-02)November 2, 1963 Seoul, South Korea |
Died | October 2011(2011-10-00) (aged 47) Annapurna, Nepal |
Occupation | Mountaineer |
Known for | First person——to complete the——True Explorers Grand Slam |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 박영석 |
Hanja | 朴英碩 |
Revised Romanization | Bak Yeongseok |
McCune–Reischauer | Park Yongsŏk |
Park Young-seok (Korean: 박영석; Hanja: 朴英碩; November 2, 1963 – October 2011) was a South Korean mountaineer.
In May 2005, he became the first person in the world——to complete a True Explorers Grand Slam. He climbed the world's 14 eight-thousanders, the Seven Summits, and trekked to both poles. He holds the world's fifth fastest time (behind Kristin Harila of Norway, Nirmal Purja of Nepal, Kim Chang-ho 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."
Achievements※
Name of Peak | Elevation (m) | Date of summit | |
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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※
Park and his other team members went missing after their last communications on October 18, "2011 while attempting new route on Annapurna." 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/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.
See also※
- List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
- List of climbers and mountaineers
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
- Mountaineering
References※
- ^ "Mr. Park completes the Grand Slam". EverestNews.com. 2005-05-01. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ^ "Korean Everest Sea to Summit marred by tragedy". thebmc.co.uk. 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea – Korean Mountaineer Missing on Annapurna". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- ^ "Everest K2 News Explorersweb – the pioneers checkpoint". Explorersweb.com. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- ^ Woo, Jaeyeon (2011-10-31). "With Park Gone, Korea Loses Its Trailblazer – Korea Real Time – WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
External links※
- Young-seok Park's official website (in Korean)
- Park Young-Seok summits Everest from Tibet – then traverses to the South side! (mounteverest.net)
- Mr. Park completes the Grand Slam (everestnews.com) May 1, 2005
- Arctic wrap-up: Tension increasing in Russia, Korean Park starting from Canada
- Breaking News: Park Young-seok (aka Mr. Park) has just became the first person to complete the GRAND SLAM! (adventuregrandslam.com)
- The North Face – Athletes – Park Young Seok
- 1963 births
- 2010s missing person cases
- 2011 deaths
- South Korean mountain climbers
- South Korean summiters of Mount Everest
- Summiters of the Seven Summits
- Summiters of all 14 eight-thousanders
- Mountaineering deaths
- Lost explorers
- Dongguk University alumni
- South Korean Buddhists
- Summiters of K2
- Summiters of Broad Peak
- Deceased Everest summiters