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PARK YOUNG SEOK BECOMES THE
FIRST HUMAN BEING IN THE WORLD TO STAND ON ALL OF THE 14 HIGHEST 8000M
HIMALAYAN PEAKS, THE 7 SUMMITS, AND THE 3 POLES.
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on the Grand Slam.
Korean alpinist Park Young
Seok (The North Face Climbing Team, Korea) has succeeded in reaching the North
Pole. This success of exploration has marked Park the first human being in the
world to ascend the 14 Highest 8000m Himalayan Peaks, the 7 Summits (the
highest peaks on each continent), and reach the 3 poles (Everest, The North
Pole, and the South Pole). Park finally stepped his foot on the North Pole on
April 30, 2005 00:00 PM.
In order to stand on the
North Pole, Park’s Grand Slam Expedition Team began their exploration from
Ward Hunt in Northern Canada on March 8 and marched 775 km on foot for 00
days. While the team was continuously pulling sleighs weighing up to 140kg,
they also faced difficulties dealing with leads – open water due to split of
ice shelf. His stand on the North Pole brings Park even more joy because the
success has followed a failure to reach the North Pole in 2003. In addition,
no other alpinists have reached the North Pole this year on foot besides Park
and his team.
Park, the 42-year-old
explorer, not only has ascent the 14 8000 meter Himalayan peaks in the
shortest period of time (8years and 2 months) in the world, but also holds the
Guinness record for ascending the greatest number (6) of 8000 meter Himalayan
peaks in one year. In addition, he holds the record for reaching the South
Pole in the shortest period of time (44 days) by purely walking on foot
without any resupply of food in 2004.
The three other alpinists in
the Park’s Grand Slam Expedition Team, Hong Sung Taek, Oh Hee Joon, and Jeong
Chan Il, also held Park’s hands to shout for the victory at the North Pole.
Park could not have reached the North Pole without the great team spirit and
chemistry. In order to deliver a vivid detailed description in writing and
graphic to the team’s supporters around the world, the newspaper reporter Jeon
Chang and the expedition administrator Kang Donald Suk accompanied the team.
Since 1997, the Park’s Grand
Slam Expedition Team has been supported and sponsored by Goldwin Korea (The
North Face license holder in Korea) in all aspects of expedition. Goldwin
Korea’s R&D team developed all the technical wears and equipments used during
the North Pole and South Pole Expeditions in 2005 and 2004 respectively.
The Park’s Grand Slam
Expedition Team including Park Young Seok plans to depart the North Pole on
May 3, arrive at the base camp in Resolute, Canada, on May 4, and then return
to Seoul, Korea on May 12.
Park’s Grand Slam represents
the series of Park’s alpinist expeditions to stand on all of the 14 Highest
8000m Himalayan peaks, the 7 Summits, and the 3 poles. No other alpinists in
the world have accomplished such Grand Slam before Park Young Seok.
*Park’s Grand Slam Expedition
*The 14 highest 8000m
Himalayan peaks
1 |
Everest |
8,848m |
Nepal/China |
May 16, 1993 |
2 |
K2 |
8,611m |
Pakistan |
Jul 22, 2001 |
3 |
Kangchenjunga |
8,586m |
Nepal |
May 12, 1999 |
4 |
Lhotse |
8,511m |
Nepal |
Apr 29, 2001 |
5 |
Makalu |
8,463m |
Nepal |
May 15, 2000 |
6 |
Cho Oyu |
8,201m |
Nepal |
Sep 27, 1997 |
7 |
Dhaulagiri |
8,167m |
Nepal |
Apr 27, 1997 |
8 |
Manaslu |
8,163m |
Nepal |
Dec 6, 1998 |
9 |
Nanga Parbat |
8,125m |
Pakistan |
Jul 21, 1998 |
10 |
Annapurna |
8,091m |
Nepal |
May 4, 1996 |
11 |
Gasherbrum I |
8,068m |
Pakistan |
Jul 9, 1997 |
12 |
Broad Peak |
8,047m |
Pakistan |
Jul 30, 2000 |
13 |
Gasherbrum II |
8,035m |
Pakistan |
Jul 19, 1997 |
14 |
Shisha Pangma |
8,012m |
China |
Oct 2, 2000 |
*The 7 Summits
1 |
Everest (Asia) |
8,848m |
Nepal/China |
May 16, 1993 |
2 |
Aconcagua(South America) |
6,959m |
Argentina |
Jan 11, 2002 |
3 |
McKinley (North America) |
6,194m |
Alaska |
Jun 2, 1994 |
4 |
Kilimanjaro (Africa) |
5,895m |
Tanzania |
Feb 17, 1997 |
5 |
Elbrus (Europe) |
5,642m |
Russia |
Jul 7, 2002 |
6 |
Vinson Massif (Antarctica) |
4,897m |
Antarctica |
Nov 11, 2002 |
7 |
Carstenz (Oceania) |
4,884m |
Indonesia |
May 11, 2002 |
*Three Poles
1 |
Everest |
8,848m |
2 |
The South Pole |
Dist:1,100km |
3 |
The North Pole |
Dist: 775km |
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