North Face Mountaineer Kim Young-mi Successfully Crossing Antarctica Alone
Jan 19, 2025
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Captain Kim Young-mi, a representative explorer of the North Face Athlete Team, departed from Hercules Inlet (80 degrees south latitude), a coastal area in Antarctica, on November 8 last year (local time), reached the 90 degree south latitude Antarctic point at 6:44 p.m. on December 27 last year, 49 days and three hours later, and completed a "Single Crossings of the Antarctic Continent" at 12:13 a.m. on the 17th, 69 days and 8 hours and 31 minutes after departure.
Captain Kim, who has long prepared for this expedition as a three-stage project, succeeded in reaching the 'Narctic Point Unsupplied Solo' in 2023 based on the data obtained from the 'Baikal Lake Termination' in 2017, and successfully completed the 'Antarctic Continent Solo Crossing'. Captain Kim, who has completed a great achievement that will remain a polar expedition in the harsh wild Mother Nature, is scheduled to return home early next month through Incheon International Airport.
In response, North Face will hold an event to celebrate the achievement of Captain Kim Young-mi until the 31st. The event, which will be held on North Face's official Instagram, will be open to anyone by following the official SNS account of North Face and commenting the meanings of 'Exploration' and 'Challenge' with essential hashtags. Seventeen of the participants will be selected and given prizes such as 'Himalayan Light Padding' and 'Kantega Gore-Tex Jacket' which are the same as what Captain Kim wore in the crossing of Antarctica.
President Yeo Young-eun congratulates Captain Kim Young-mi for completing the long journey safely, and looks forward to recovering her tired body from harsh expeditions as soon as possible and meeting her again in good health""North Face will continue to provide support and support to explorers and athletes with outstanding capabilities in various outdoor and sports fields."."
Yeongwon Outdoor's North Face said it has continued to collaborate with Captain Kim for a long period of preparation through the professional capabilities of its technical support team and planning/design team, along with all financial support for Captain Kim's solo crossing of Antarctica. We have been preparing carefully for the development of various innovative equipment that can protect the body and assist in expedition during the long crossing process, as well as the development of customized functional clothing that considers the warmth of each part of the body that is susceptible to the minus 30 degree cold wave and 'extremely fat frostbite'.
In addition, in order to share the value of 'unstoppable exploration' with more people, he said he plans to present a documentary that densely deals with Captain Kim's solo crossing of Antarctica.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
