Park Young-seok
Born
Park Young-seok

(1963-11-02)November 2, 1963
Seoul, South Korea
DiedOctober 2011(2011-10-00) (aged 47)
Annapurna, Nepal
OccupationMountaineer
Known forFirst person to complete the True Explorers Grand Slam
Korean name
Hangul
박영석
Hanja
朴英碩
Revised RomanizationBak Yeongseok
McCune–ReischauerPark 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.[1] He climbed the world's 14 eight-thousanders, the Seven Summits, and trekked to both poles.[1] He holds the world's fifth fastest time (behind Kristin Harila of Norway, Nirmal Purja of Nepal, Kim Chang-ho[2] 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.[3]

Achievements

Name of PeakElevation (m)Date of summit
1.Everest8,8481993-05-16
2.K28,6112001-07-22
3.Kangchenjunga8,5861999-05-12
4.Lhotse8,5162001-04-29
5.Makalu8,4632000-05-15
6.Cho Oyu8,2011997-09-27
7.Dhaulagiri8,1671997-04-27
8.Manaslu8,1631998-12-06
9.Nanga Parbat8,1251998-07-21
10.Annapurna8,0911996-05-04
11.Gasherbrum I8,0681997-07-09
12.Broad Peak8,0472000-07-30
13.Gasherbrum II8,0351997-07-19
14.Shishapangma8,0272000-10-02
15.Aconcagua6,9592002-01-11
16.Denali6,1951994-06-02
17.Kilimanjaro5,8951997-02-17
18.Elbrus5,6422002-07-07
19.Vinson Massif4,8972002-11-25
20.Carstensz Pyramid4,8842002-05-11
21.Kosciusko2,2802001-09-21
22.South Pole2,8352004
23.North PoleSea level2005-04-30
24.Everest
North-South Traverse		8,8482006-05-11

Disappearance

Park and his other team members went missing after their last communications on October 18, 2011 while attempting a new route on Annapurna.[4] 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 or 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.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mr. Park completes the Grand Slam". EverestNews.com. 2005-05-01. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Korean Everest Sea to Summit marred by tragedy". thebmc.co.uk. 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  3. ↑ Jun, Chang (2004-01-13). "박영석씨 등 5명, 남극원정 성공" [Park and 5 members reach the South Pole]. Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Seoul. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  4. ↑ "The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea – Korean Mountaineer Missing on Annapurna". English.chosun.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  5. ↑ "Everest K2 News Explorersweb – the pioneers checkpoint". Explorersweb.com. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  6. ↑ Woo, Jaeyeon (2011-10-31). "With Park Gone, Korea Loses Its Trailblazer – Korea Real Time – WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
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