Go Mi-young

Female, Person

1967 –

72

Who is Go Mi-young?

Go Mi-Young, was a South Korean female mountaineer.

Together with 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.

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.

She was one of the leaders in the quest to become the first woman to scale the world's 14 highest peaks.

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Born
Mar 3, 1967

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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