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Hangul
  
한왕용

Revised Romanization
  
Han Wang-yong

Name
  
Han Wang-yong

Hanja
  
韓王龍

McCune–Reischauer
  
Han Wang'yong

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Han Wang-Yong (born 1966) is a Korean mountaineer.

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Early life

Han was born in Okgu, Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, the youngest son in a family of three sons and two daughters. He represented his middle school in football and his high school in baseball.

Career

In 2003, he became the 11th person to climb the 14 eight-thousanders. Since then he has led expeditions to clean rubbish left by other climbers from the slopes of K2 and Everest.

References

Han Wang-yong Wikipedia