| Go Mi-young | |
|---|---|
| Born | Go Mi-young (1967-07-03)July 3, 1967 Buan, South Korea |
| Died | July 12, 2009(2009-07-12) (aged 42) Nanga Parbat, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Mountaineer |
| Known for | Participated in a competition to become the first woman to climb eight-thousanders |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 고미영 |
| Hanja | 高美英 |
| Revised Romanization | Go Miyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Go Miyŏng |
Go Mi-young (Korean: 고미영; Hanja: 高美英 : March 3, 1967 – July 11, 2009) was a South Korean female mountaineer.
Together with the Korean mountaineer Jae-Soo Kim, she became one of the first climbers to summit three 8,000-metre peaks in a single season when they climbed Makalu, Kangchenjunga, and Dhaulagiri in six weeks. In 2007, she summited Everest. On July 11, 2009, after reaching the top of Nanga Parbat, she fell off a cliff on the descent in bad weather and was later found dead. At the time of her death, she was in the quest to become the first woman to scale the world's 14 highest peaks (the eight-thousanders), competing against the Korean climber Oh Eun-sun and Basque Spanish climber Edurne Pasaban, who later achieved this goal.
References
- ^ Green, Stewart (2009-07-13). "Korean Alpinist Go Mi-sun Dies After Fall on Nanga Parbat". About.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- Yim, Byung-sun (2007-05-17). "열손가락 없는 김홍빈씨·여성 산악인 고미영씨 한날 에베레스트 정상에 섰다" [Fingerless Kim and Mountaineer Go Mi-young climb Everest]. Seoul Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- "Korean star climber Go Mi-Sun lost on Nanga Parbat". Polar News Explorers Web. 2009-07-12. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
- Sudworth, John (2010-04-27). "South Korean woman claims 14 peaks climbing record". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
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