Park Young-seok

Park Young-seok
Born Park Young-seok
(1963-11-02)November 2, 1963
Seoul, South Korea
Died October 18, 2011(2011-10-18) (aged 47)
Annapurna, Nepal
Occupation Mountaineer
Known for First person to complete Explorers Grand Slam
Korean name
Hangul 박영석
Hanja 朴英碩
Revised Romanization Bak Yeongseok
McCune–Reischauer Park Yongsŏk
Website parkyoungseok.com

Park Young-seok (Hangul: 박영석; Hanja: 朴英碩: November 2, 1963 – October 2011 on Annapurna) was a South Korean mountaineer.

In May 2005, he became the first person in the world to complete a 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 third fastest time (behind Kim Chang-ho[2] of South Korea and Jerzy Kukuczka of Poland) for ascending the 14 Eight-thousanders, the Guinness World Record for climbing six of the 8,000-meter Himalayan peaks within one year, and another record for reaching the South Pole on foot in 44 days, self-sufficient and without any food re-supplies.

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 went missing on October 23, 2011 while attempting a new route on Annapurna.[3] Young-Seok Park, Dong-Min Shin and Gi-Seok Gang decided to abort the climb at around 6400 meters due to heavy rock fall and went missing during the descent. Despite a dangerous and daring rescue operation to find the missing climbers, no signs of Park, Shin or Gang were found. The Korean Alpine Federation called off the rescue operation for Park and his team at 12:00 on October 28, 2011.[4][5]

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. ↑ "The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea – Korean Mountaineer Missing on Annapurna". English.chosun.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  4. ↑ "Everest K2 News Explorersweb – the pioneers checkpoint". Explorersweb.com. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  5. ↑ 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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