The Hero Who I Met In The Unexpected Place In Jeju Island, Korea

in #travel6 years ago (edited)

After having finished excursion of 110m high wet land for 1 hour, I found the statue near the observatory.

I was surprised with looking at the name of the statue.
It was the statue for the late mountain climber Ko Sangdon.

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The place was well cared.

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He was the first climber who conquered Mt.Everest among Korean.
Before his success, lots of Korean climbers had been sacrificed in the Everest.
With his success, he became a hero in Korean Society.

But he died after a few years later in Mt Mckinley(Denali) in the Alaska, the highest mountain in the north America.

According the eye-witness, his junior fellow slipped at the cliff and he hold the jail to the end.
If he cut the jail, he could've lived. But he choose to be with his jail party.
Witnesses were looking that situation through the telescope.
So they fell off from the icy cliff, until the rescue team arrived, Ko Sangdon was still alive.
At that time he lost his gloves to hold the jail to save his junior fellow, it was said that a women rescue put his bare hands changed black color into her breast with tears.

Also I was once a climber, his statue was so touching.
Especially I met him in this unexpected place.
Jeju was his hometown.
I stood there for a while. Behind his statue, there was small gravelike looking pile of earth.

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Once he was a hero for climbers, and I was looking at his statue in this unexpected place.

He died in 29 May 1979 at age of 32 years old.
He lived and died like the fire flower.

It seemed not long ago that I heard the news relating his death.
Time flies like the trees what I saw in the car.

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nice to remember these people ..

Ko Sangdon may have died early @slowwalker but the essence of his braveness will be seen by his fellow Koreans and will use it as an inspiration in their own life's challenges and troubles. He never died in vain but for a special purpose in everyone's heart.

Wow wonderful .. well done on the photos
Great post from you
Thanks for sharing..

Great men.

beautiful

They were a great people,we have to proud with them

The tall virtue of statue

Nice post!!!impressive..

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Jeju Island was formed from lava approximately 2 million years ago from Halla Mountain..
Interesting Jeju Island Facts: The highest mountain in South Korea, Hallasan (Halla Mountain), is located on Jeju Island.

A heart warming story. And to think That he was so young at that time is very very touching. May his story never die.