Park's Grand Slam latest position: 89' 39!
Apr 29, 2005 14: 02 EST
Here are the latest positions for Mr. Park's expedition:
4/27/05 89' 22.471 65' 42.231
4/28/05 89' 39.31 59' 35.069
The team expects to arrive at the pole Saturday morning. They've had good weather, and pretty good ice conditions in the last two days!
True Grand Slam
Korean ace Young Seok Park is attempting to complete an adventure “Grand Slam.” After summiting all fourteen 8000ers (which he completed in 2001), and completing a foot-trek to the South Pole (in 2004), Mr. Park is now on his way to the North Pole.
If he suceeds, this will be the first true Grand Slam accomplished by anyone. (The famous "seven-summits" sometimes mentioned in relation to Grand Slam when combined with polar treks are not the world's tallest peaks and thus not a true Grand Slam.)
Young Seok Park (age 41), Sung Taek Hong (age 37), Hee Joon Oh (age 34), and Chan Il Jeong (age 25) all departed Seoul, Korea on February 24th and arrived in Resolute Bay on February 26th. The team started their expedition from Ward Hunt Island on March 8.
Image of a Korean NP expedition team member, courtesy of Parkgrandslam.net
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