Ji Hyeon-Ok
Korean mountain climber
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| Intro | Korean mountain climber | |
| was | Mountaineer | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1959 | |
| Death | 1 January 1999 (aged 40 years) |
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Ji Hyeon-ok (Hangul: 지현옥 ) (1959-1999) was a South Korean mountaineer. Born in Nonsan, she climbed several of the tallest mountains in the world, including Denali (Mount McKinley) in 1988, Mount Everest, in 1993, being the first Korean woman to do so, Gasherbrun I, in 1997 and Gasherbrun II,in 1998.
In April 29 1999, she went missing when climbing the Annapurna; Ji set foot on the peak but failed to return to the base camp.