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Kim Hong-bin

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Kim Hong-bin on summit of Everest, 2007

Kim Hong-bin (Korean: 김홍빈; 20 November 1964 – disappeared 19 July 2021)[1] was a South Korean mountain climber and skier.

In 1991, he lost all of his fingers while climbing Mount Denali.

On 18 July 2021, he reached the Broad Peak summit (8,051m), becoming the first disabled person to climb all of the world's 14 peaks over 8,000 meters. However, he fell into a crevasse on the way down from the summit and was presumed dead.[2][1][3]

Mountains climbed

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S.no. Peak (height) Year
1. Everest (8848). 2007
2. K2 (8611 m). 2012
3. Kangchenjunga (8586 m). 2013
4. Lhotse (8516 m). 2017
5. Makalu (8485 m). 2008
6. Cho Oyu (8188 m). 2011
7. Dhaulagiri (8167 m). 2009
8. Manaslu (8163 m). 2014
9. Nanga Parbat (8125 m). 2017
10. Annapurna I (8091 m). 2018
11. Gasherbrum I (8080 m). 2019
12. Broad Peak (8051 m). 2021
13. Gasherbrum II (8034 m). 2006
14. Shisha Pangma (8027 m). 2006

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fingerless Korean goes missing after achieving the feat of climbing all 14 Himalayan peaks". The Korea Times. July 20, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  2. ^ Munir Ahmed (20 July 2021). "South Korean missing after fall while scaling Pakistani peak". Times Union. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  3. ^ Stefan Nestler (July 10, 2019). "Kim Hong-bin: Without fingers on 13 eight-thousanders". Adventure Mountain. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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