Go Mi-Young

This is a Korean name; the family name is Go.

Go Mi-Young, (Korean: 고미영, Hanja: 高美英, March 3, 1967 – July 11, 2009) was a South Korean female mountaineer.

Together with Kim Jae-Soo, she became one of the first climbers to summit three 8,000-meter peaks in a single season when they climbed Makalu, Kangchenjunga, and Dhaulagiri in six weeks.[1]

On July 12, 2009, after reaching the top of Nanga Parbat, she fell off a cliff on the descent in bad weather.[2]

She was one of the leaders in the quest to become the first woman to scale the world's 14 highest peaks (the eight-thousanders).[3]

References

  1. ^ Korean Alpinist Go Mi-sun Dies After Fall on Nanga Parbat (About.com)
  2. ^ Korean Alpinist Go Mi-sun Dies After Fall on Nanga Parbat (About.com)
  3. ^ South Korean woman claims 14 peaks climbing record (BBC)