부경대 산악부로 활동한 이씨는 4학년 1학기를 마치고 휴학한 이후 고 김창호(49) 대장이 이끈 구르자히말 원정대에 합류했다.
Lee, who was a member of Pukyong National University Mountaineering Club, joined the expedition of Gurja Himal, headed by late Captain Kim Chang-ho (49), after taking a leave of absence from school after the first semester of his fourth year.