Go Mi-Sun has been died on Nanga Parbat while descending after summiting Nanga Parbat in 2009 .
Go Mi-Sun, 41, (also spelled 'Ko Mi-young' by some of the local media) became known as a "dark horse" in the quest for the first female to summit all 14, 8000ers. With 11, 8000ers summited in a very short time, after Nanga Parbat she would only have the "easy" Gasherbrums 1 and 2 plus Annapurna on the list.
Beside the "female" aspect however; Miss Go had a number of overall world records in Himalayan mountaineering.
- the first person to summit 3x8000ers in 3 consecutive years (2007, 2008 and 2009);
- had the fastest (72 days) ascent of 4 different main 8000ers (2009);
- and made the first ever triple-header in Himalaya (2009).
The climber further summited an astonishing seven 8000ers in 2008/2009: Lhotse, K2, Manaslu, Makalu, Kangchenjunga, Dhaulagiri and Nanga Parbat