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Jul 20, 2021 · Kim Hong-bin is the world's first person with a disability to conquer the world's 14 highest mountains in the Himalayas. A celebrated South Korean climber who...
Jan 13, 2022 · He became the first disabled Korean mountaineer to summit Everest in 2007, scaled the Seven Summits, and, between 2006 and 2021, summited all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, all without a single finger.
Kim Hong-bin (Korean: 김홍빈; 7 October 1964 – disappeared 19 July 2021) 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 .
Jul 26, 2021 · A week ago, Kim Hong-bin, 57, made history as the first disabled person to scale all 14 mountains. Then he went missing. And now, a weeklong international search for his body has concluded at...
SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun will visit Japan and Malaysia this week for talks with each of his counterparts on bilateral relations and other issues, Seoul ...
Dec 23, 2021 · The late Korean climber Kim Hong-bin was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday, five months after he went missing after reaching the apex of Broad Peak, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world.
Oct 17, 2023 · South Korea’s Kim Hong Sun (“Project Wolf Hunting”) will direct and executive produce the upcoming eight-episode season, with Peter McKenna (“Kin”) serving as lead writer and executive producer....
