Kim Hong-bin

Kim Hong-bin (Korean: 김홍빈) was a South Korean mountain climber and skier.

In 1991, he lost all of his fingers while climbing Mount Denali.

In 2021, he became the first disabled person to climb all of the world's 14 mountains over 8,000 meters. However, he fell into a crevasse on the way down and is presumed dead.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Mountains climbed[]

S.no.	Peak (height)	Year
1.	Everest (8848).	2007
2.	K2 (8611 m).	2012
3.	Kangchenjunga (8586 m).	2013
4.	Lhotse (8516 m).	2017
5.	Makalu (8485 m).	2008
6.	Cho Oyu (8188 m).	2011
7.	Dhaulagiri (8167 m).	2009
8.	Manaslu (8163 m).	2014
9.	Nanga Parbat (8125 m).	2017
10.	Annapurna I (8091 m).	2018
11.	Gasherbrum I (8080 m).	2019
12.	Broad Peak (8051 m).	2021
13.	Gasherbrum II (8034 m).	2006
14.	Shisha Pangma (8027 m).	2006

References[]

^ Munir Ahmed (July 20, 2021). "South Korean missing after fall while scaling Pakistani peak". Times Union. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
^ "Fingerless Korean goes missing after achieving the feat of climbing all 14 Himalayan peaks". The Korea Times. July 20, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
^ Stefan Nestler (July 10, 2019). "Kim Hong-bin: Without fingers on 13 eight-thousanders". Adventure Mountain. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

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[TimesUnion-1] Munir Ahmed (July 20, 2021). "South Korean missing after fall while scaling Pakistani peak". Times Union. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

[TheKoreaTimes-2] "Fingerless Korean goes missing after achieving the feat of climbing all 14 Himalayan peaks". The Korea Times. July 20, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

[AdventureMountain-3] Stefan Nestler (July 10, 2019). "Kim Hong-bin: Without fingers on 13 eight-thousanders". Adventure Mountain. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

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