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Han Wang-yong
South Korean mountaineer (born 1966) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Han Wang-Yong (born 1966) is a South Korean mountaineer. He has climbed the 14 tallest mountains in the world, collectively known as the eight-thousanders and the seven summits.
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Early life
Han was born in Okgu, Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, the youngest son in a family of three sons and two daughters. He represented his middle school in football and his high school in baseball.[1]
Career
In 2003, he became the 11th person to climb the 14 highest mountains eight-thousanders, and the third Korean climber to do so (behind Um Hong-gil and Park Young-seok).[2] He was also the first person to climb both the 14 eight-thousanders and the seven summits.
Since then he has led expeditions to clean rubbish left by other climbers from the slopes of K2 and Everest.[3][4]
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