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The roof of the world, the Himalayas, where mountaineers' dreams and challenges unfold. On July 10, 2009, Go Mi-young climbed Nanga Parbat, the 11th mountain out of 14 Himalayan peaks she attempted. Nanga Parbat is the devil's mountain that has earned the notoriety of a killer mountain, having taken the lives of many mountaineers before its first ascent. Go Mi-young, who was thrilled to have climbed the first peak of legendary mountaineer Hermann Buhl, unfortunately fell while descending after completing her summit and was found sleeping in the snow of the Himalayas. In 2005, Go Mi-young began mountaineering by chance when she participated in the Pakistan Dripika expedition. Starting with the climb of Cho Oyu in 2006, Go Mi-young successfully climbed Everest, Broad Peak, and Shishapangma in 2007, and Lhotse, K2, and Manaslu in 2008, solidifying her position as a mountaineer from a rock climber. In 2009, Go Mi-young climbed Makalu, Kanchenjunga, and Dhaulagiri, becoming the first person in the world to climb three peaks in a single season, and she was getting closer to her dream of climbing all 14 peaks of the Himalayas. However, Nanga Parbat, Go Mi-young's 11th mountain, would not let her go. Failure is painful. However, realizing that I did not do my best is several times more painful.' Go Mi-young, who lived her life doing her best every day, always had a positive attitude toward life and the confidence that she could do it, which made her stronger and more resilient. People who knew Go Mi-young remember her as a very human person. She was a person who made people around her happy with her cheerful personality and took care of her colleagues with her warm humanity. She was a person who shined wherever she went. In her notebook, where traces of her sometimes whipping herself and sometimes worrying alone remain, there are letters and diaries she wrote to her father before leaving on an expedition. 'Life is too short to live while being involved in something I don't like. It's much better to find something I like and do it, even if it means always losing money, than to continue doing something I don't like.' Go Mi-young, who ended her short life climbing the mountain she loved so much. Her passionate life, for which mountains were her whole life, will remain in our hearts and be remembered for a long time. #Mountaineer #Go Mi-young #14 Himalayan Peaks #Nanga Parbat