Bodies of 5 S. Korean climbers killed in Himalayas return home
- 6 years ago
히말라야 원정대 시신 인천공항 도착...산악계의 별 잠들다
Last week five South Korean climbers were killed in a snow storm while trying to scale a 7-thousand-meter-high mountain in the Himalayas.
On Wednesday, their bodies arrived back home.
Yoon Jung-min has more.
The bodies arrived at Incheon International Airport at 5 a.m. on Wednesday on a flight from Kathmandu, Nepal.
The caskets were carried by families and friends of the deceased who were waiting at the cargo terminal.
The group of climbers, led by famous mountaineer Kim Chang-ho, were found dead Saturday near their base camp on Mount Gurja in western Nepal.
The five climbers were struck by a snowstorm while pioneering a new trekking route to the 7-thousand meter Mount Gurja.
49 year-old Kim... who has some thirty years of mountaineering experience... was the first South Korean to scale all 14 peaks above 8-thousand meters without using supplemental oxygen.
Kim also showed great loyalty to his colleagues. Back in 2011, He volunteered to find a colleague who was lost on Annapurna and never made it back.
In 2013, he was stricken with grief when he lost one of his group members while descending an 8-thousand meter mountain in the Himalayas
A joint memorial for the five mountaineers will be held on Friday.
Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.
Last week five South Korean climbers were killed in a snow storm while trying to scale a 7-thousand-meter-high mountain in the Himalayas.
On Wednesday, their bodies arrived back home.
Yoon Jung-min has more.
The bodies arrived at Incheon International Airport at 5 a.m. on Wednesday on a flight from Kathmandu, Nepal.
The caskets were carried by families and friends of the deceased who were waiting at the cargo terminal.
The group of climbers, led by famous mountaineer Kim Chang-ho, were found dead Saturday near their base camp on Mount Gurja in western Nepal.
The five climbers were struck by a snowstorm while pioneering a new trekking route to the 7-thousand meter Mount Gurja.
49 year-old Kim... who has some thirty years of mountaineering experience... was the first South Korean to scale all 14 peaks above 8-thousand meters without using supplemental oxygen.
Kim also showed great loyalty to his colleagues. Back in 2011, He volunteered to find a colleague who was lost on Annapurna and never made it back.
In 2013, he was stricken with grief when he lost one of his group members while descending an 8-thousand meter mountain in the Himalayas
A joint memorial for the five mountaineers will be held on Friday.
Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.