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Um Hong-gil (; born September 14, 1960) is a South Korean climber. He has led many South Korean summer expeditions to Mt Aconcagua in Argentina, where he has successfully climbed South America's highest mountain many times. In 2000, he finally climbed K2 (8,611m), which means his team completed the whole mission to go up 14 peaks higher than 8,000 meters in altitude within 12 years.〔("He finally climbed on K2" ) Kookmin Ilbo(daily) 2000-07-31〕 He tried to climb Mount Everest in September, 2005 but failed.〔( Mt. Everest 2005: Koreans return to bring back the dead bodies of the three lost Korean climbers from 2004 )〕 He tried again 3 years later and his attempt was successful. He also carried out a mission on Kangchenjunga. Um Hong-gil has reached the summit of all 14 eight-thousand meters peaks in the world. In fact he is the first person in climbing the 16 highest points on Earth.〔(Mr. Um Hong Gil has bagged his 15th 8000 meter peak. ) EverestHistory.com.〕 He was awarded the Himalayan Crown when he completed the 14 highest peaks in 2001. He is the second South Korean and the eleventh climber in the world to hold this distinction. He led successful expeditions up Everest in 2002 and 2003. He has climbed both the North and South Sides of the Everest. Um Hong-gil has stood on top of Everest three times.〔(EverestHistory.com article on Um Hong-gil. )〕 On December 13th 2007, he succeeded in reaching the summit of Vinson Massif, the highest peak of Antarctica.〔(Reaching to highest point of antarctica, Vinson Massif ) Yonhap News.〕 ==Charitable activities== Um Hong-gil invested his time with ''The Beautiful Foundation'' in his native South Korea. He helped start the program ''"Gil Sarang Fund"'' (Loving the Road) in order to support cultural activities for handicapped people.〔(The Beautiful foundation ) beautifulfund.org 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Um Hong-gil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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