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Han Wang-Yong (born 1966) is a South Korean mountaineer. He has climbed the 14 tallest mountains in the world, collectively known as the eight-thousanders and the seven summits.

Early life

Han was born in Okgu, Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, the youngest son in a family of three sons and two daughters. He represented his middle school in football and his high school in baseball.

Career

In 2003, he became the 11th person to climb the 14 highest mountains eight-thousanders, and the third Korean climber to do so (behind Um Hong-gil and Park Young-seok). He was also the first person to climb both the 14 eight-thousanders and the seven summits.

Since then he has led expeditions to clean rubbish left by other climbers from the slopes of K2 and Everest.

References

1. Kim, Byung-Joon (2005-05-11). "엄홍길 박영석 한왕용 진정한 영웅이여!" [Um Hong-Gil, Park Young-Seok, Han Wang-Yong are real Heroes]. Weekly DongA Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2012-05-04.
2. "Climbers - First 14". 8000ers.com.
3. "Everest 2006: Han Wang Yong has started the clean up expedition on Mt Everest". EverestNews.com. May 6, 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
4. Jeon, Chang (2005-11-07). "한국의 탐험가 지존 '클린 마운틴' 운동 한왕용" [Korean Explorer "Clean Mountain" Campaign Han Wang-Yong]. Donga Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-08-16.

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