Ji Hyeon-ok

{{Short description|South Korean mountaineer (1961–1999)}}

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| birth_name = Ji Hyeon-ok

| birth_date = {{birth date |1961|1|20}}

| birth_place = Nonsan, South Korea

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|4|29|1961|1|20}} |

| death_place = Annapurna, Nepal

| occupation = Mountaineer

| known_for = First Korean woman to climb Mr. Everest

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| hangul = 지현옥

| hanja = 池賢玉

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| mr = Chi Hyŏnok}}

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Ji Hyeon-ok ({{korean|지현옥}}; January 20, 1961 – April 29, 1999) was a South Korean mountaineer.{{Cite news|last=Ryu| first=Hyo Jin|url=http://www.hankookilbo.com/v/2f989208038e48d89e028f627376b7ef|title=안나푸르나에 묻힌 지현옥의 꿈|trans-title=Dream of Ji Hyeon-ok buried in Annapurna|newspaper=Hankook Ilbo|access-date=2017-01-01|date=2014-04-28|language=Korean}}

Born in Nonsan, she climbed several of the tallest mountains in the world, including Denali (Mount McKinley) in 1988, Mount Everest, in 1993, becoming the first Korean woman to do so,{{Cite web|url=http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/264132/1|title=Annapurna Is Toughest Himalayan Peak to Climb : The DONG-A ILBO|website=english.donga.com|date=2010-01-02|access-date=2017-01-01}} Gasherbrum I, in 1997 and Gasherbrum II, in 1998.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mielu.ro/munte/articole/top_on_8000_peaks.html|title=Top on 8000 peaks - women|website=www.mielu.ro|access-date=2017-01-02}}

On April 29, 1999, she went missing while climbing the Annapurna; Ji set foot on the peak but failed to return to the base camp.{{Cite news|url=http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/264132/1|title=Annapurna Is Toughest Himalayan Peak to Climb|newspaper=DongA Ilbo|access-date=2017-08-16|language=Korean}}

On 20 January 2015, Google Doodle commemorated her 56th birthday.{{cite web|author= |url=https://doodles.google/doodle/ji-hyeonoks-56th-birthday/|title=Ji Hyeonok's 56th Birthday|date=20 January 2015}}