Hong Sung-taek

Hong, Sung Taek

Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	13 March 1966 Gumi, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Climbing career
Known for	mountaineer, adventurer, explorer

Hong, Sung Taek (Korean: 홍성택, Hanja: 洪成澤, born 13 March 1966) is a mountaineer, adventurer, explorer and author from South Korea. He is renowned for reaching all the Three Poles and crossing the Bering Strait and Greenland. He summited Everest in 1995, skied to the South Pole in 1994 and walked to the North Pole in 2005. And he also crossed Bering Strait by foot in 2012 (official) and crossed Greenland by dog sledding in 2011.

Expeditions

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Year	Expeditions
2014	attempt, Lhotse, south face (8516 m)
2013	attempt, Lhotse (8516 m)
2012	crossing, Bering Strait (by foot) (February 23 ~ 29, 2012)[3]
2011	crossing, Greenland (2500 km) (May ~ July 19, 2011)
2008	attempt, Mount Everest SW (8848 m)
2007	attempt, Lhotse, south face (8516 m) Lhotse Shar(8382 m)
2005	arrived, North Pole (N90) (by foot) (April 30, 2005)[4]
2002	attempt, Pumori, east face (7117 m)
1999	attempt, Lhotse, south face (8516 m)
1998	summit, Thapa peak (6012 m) (April 18, 1998)
1996	attempt, Dhaulagiri (8167 m) Annapurna (8091 m)
1995	summit, Everest (8848 m) (October 14, 1995)[5]
1995	summit, Shishapangma (8046 m) (August, 1995)
1994	arrived, South Pole (S90) (by ski and walk) (January 1, 1994)[6]
1994	attempt, Pumori, NE (7117 m)
1993	attempt, Everest (8848 m)
1992	summit, Khan Tengri (7010 m) (August 5, 1992)[7]

References

1. "홍성택 - Daum 백과사전". Daum.net. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
2. "Everest K2 News ExplorersWeb - 2014 Best of ExplorersWeb Interview Special: Koreans on Lhotse South Wall". Explorersweb.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
3. "Korean team crosses Bering Strait". Koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
4. "AdventureStats by Explorersweb". Adventurestats.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
5. Manish Maharjan. "South Korea". Everestsummiteersassociation.org. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
6. "Unsupported South Pole Expeditions". Adventurestats.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.