South Korean Mountaineer Completes All 14 8000 Meter Peaks

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Nanga Parbat, Pakistan – On Monday, July 9, 2018 South Korean mountaineer Kim Migon successfully summited 8125-meter Nanga Parbat in the Himalaya of Pakistan. Migon now joins an elite club of mountaineers who have summited all 14 8000 meter peaks.

By Guilhem Vellut (*_*) on Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Nanga Parbat From The Air | By Guilhem Vellut (*_*) on Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
According to MountainPlanet.com, Kim Migon is the “7th Korean and 41st mountaineer” to accomplish this mountaineering goal. For a list of mountaineers who have climbed all 14 8000 meter peaks, visit Wikipedia.org

Reinhold Messner was the 1st person to complete all 14 8000 meter peaks. He did it from 1970-1986.

See Also: 8000 Meter Peaks – List and Map Of The World’s Eight Thousanders

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