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'''Go Mi-young''', ({{korean|고미영|高美英}} : March 3, 1967 – July 11, 2009) was a South Korean female [[mountaineer]].
'''Go Mi-young''' ({{korean|고미영|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.<ref name=about>{{cite news|last=Green| first=Stewart|url=http://climbing.about.com/b/2009/07/13/korean-alpinist-go-mi-sun-dies-after-fall-on-nanga-parbat.htm|title=Korean Alpinist Go Mi-sun Dies After Fall on Nanga Parbat|publisher=About.com|date=2009-07-13|accessdate=2010-04-27}}</ref> In 2007, she summited Everest.<ref>{{cite news|last=Yim|first=Byung-sun|title=열손가락 없는 김홍빈씨·여성 산악인 고미영씨 한날 에베레스트 정상에 섰다|trans-title=Fingerless Kim and Mountaineer Go Mi-young climb Everest|url=http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20070517027019|accessdate=2017-09-09|work=[[Seoul Shinmun]]|date=2007-05-17| language=Korean}}</ref> 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.<ref name=about/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.explorersweb.com/polar/news.php?id=18501|title=Korean star climber Go Mi-Sun lost on Nanga Parbat|publisher=Polar News Explorers Web|date=2009-07-12|accessdate=2017-08-16}}</ref><ref name=bbc>{{cite news|last=Sudworth|first=John|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8646160.stm|title=South Korean woman claims 14 peaks climbing record|publisher=BBC News|date=2010-04-27|accessdate=2010-04-27}}</ref>
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.<ref name=about>{{cite news|last=Green| first=Stewart|url=http://climbing.about.com/b/2009/07/13/korean-alpinist-go-mi-sun-dies-after-fall-on-nanga-parbat.htm|title=Korean Alpinist Go Mi-sun Dies After Fall on Nanga Parbat|publisher=About.com|date=2009-07-13|accessdate=2010-04-27}}</ref> In 2007, she summited Everest.<ref>{{cite news|last=Yim|first=Byung-sun|title=열손가락 없는 김홍빈씨·여성 산악인 고미영씨 한날 에베레스트 정상에 섰다|trans-title=Fingerless Kim and Mountaineer Go Mi-young climb Everest|url=http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20070517027019|accessdate=2017-09-09|work=[[Seoul Shinmun]]|date=2007-05-17| language=Korean}}</ref> 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.<ref name=about/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.explorersweb.com/polar/news.php?id=18501|title=Korean star climber Go Mi-Sun lost on Nanga Parbat|publisher=Polar News Explorers Web|date=2009-07-12|accessdate=2017-08-16}}</ref><ref name=bbc>{{cite news|last=Sudworth|first=John|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8646160.stm|title=South Korean woman claims 14 peaks climbing record|publisher=BBC News|date=2010-04-27|accessdate=2010-04-27}}</ref>

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Go Mi-young
Born
Go Mi-young

(1967-07-03)July 3, 1967
Buan, South Korea
DiedJuly 12, 2009(2009-07-12) (aged 42)
Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
OccupationMountaineer
Known forParticipated in a competition to become the first woman to climb eight-thousanders
Korean name
Hangul
고미영
Hanja
高美英
Revised RomanizationGo Miyeong
McCune–ReischauerGo Miyŏng

Go Mi-young (Korean고미영; 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.[1] In 2007, she summited Everest.[2] 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.[1] 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.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Green, Stewart (2009-07-13). "Korean Alpinist Go Mi-sun Dies After Fall on Nanga Parbat". About.com. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Korean star climber Go Mi-Sun lost on Nanga Parbat". Polar News Explorers Web. 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  4. ^ Sudworth, John (2010-04-27). "South Korean woman claims 14 peaks climbing record". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-04-27.