Park Young-Seok (Korean: 박영석, Hanja: 朴英碩, November 2, 1963 - October 2011 on Annapurna) was a South Korean mountaineer. He is the first person in the world who completed a True Explorers Grand Slam. He has climbed the world's 14 Eight-thousanders, the Seven Summits, and visited both poles. He holds the world's second fastest time (behind Jerzy Kukuczka of Poland) for ascending the 14 Eight-thousanders, the Guinness World Record for climbing six of the 8,000-meter Himalayan peaks within one year, and another record for reaching the South Pole on foot in 44 days, self-sufficient and without any food re-supplies.@Curionic

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