July 20, 2021 13:21
Kim Hong-bin, the first disabled person in the world to conquer 14 peaks over 8,000 m in the Himalayas, went missing in the Himalayas on Monday.
The 57-year-old had reached the summit of the 8,047-m Broad Peak, the world s 12th-highest, in the border area between Pakistan and China on Sunday, before he fell off a cliff on the way down, his local climbing club said.
It had taken him 15 years to climb 14 peaks over 8,000 m in the Himalayas starting with Gasherbrum II (8,035 m) in 2006. He is the 44th person in the world and seventh Korean to achieve the feat.
Mountaineer Kim Hong-bin poses at a base camp on Broad Peak on Sunday. /Yonhap
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