01x02 - Episode 2

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GWIMYEONAM ROCK


GWIMYEONAM ROCK

TODAY'S DESTINATION

MORE THAN 2 HOURS LEFT
UNTIL THEY ARRIVE AT HUIUNGAK SHELTER

You want an energy gel, Dowoon?

-Oh, I have some here.
-You do?

Sweet red bean.

-Tarzzan?
-Please.

I have a ton.

-Thanks so much.
-Here, Chae-min.

[Chae-min] Thanks so much.

TRAIL FOOD CAN BE EATEN
WITHOUT COOKING WHILE HIKING

Not sure what they are,
never bought them before.

Thank you for this.

TRYING TRAIL FOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME

-Mm.
-Mm.

Oh.

Oh, that is good.

The jelly that Car gave me mid-hike
gave me a boost, for real.

The thing is, like,

I realized that when you're hiking,
you crave snacks so much more than meals.

Whoa, this sweet jelly,
the sugar rush is great.

So freaking delicious!

[crew] For sure. They're a game changer.

Seriously. You want some, Car?

No, I'm good.

[Dowoon] This is so good. Wow.

-I want some.
-Yeah. Of course. Here.

It's a nice sugar rush.

[Dowoon] You can feel it right away.

You should have one of there
next time you snack.

Okay.

I love that they go down easy. I feel
like right now it's even hard to chew.

[laughter]

Know what I mean?

[Tarzzan] This went down
my throat so smooth.

[Car] Yeah. Chewing's hard.

I feel like our faces aren't as puffy.

Here he is, ask him again.
I bet he's changed his mind.

-He doesn't look happy.
-Right.

[laughter]

[Dowoon] I bet he's "Seriously,
who greenlit this?"

NAH YUNG-SUK, 51

[Dowoon] Yung-suk, come on over.
Let's have a serious talk.

-You regretting this?
-[Yung-suk] You guys are pretty fast.

-[Yung-suk] Aren't you guys tired?
-We are.

-[Yung-suk] I'm super tired.
-We're hungry.

We're hungry.

GREEN OLD AGE

Mm. Candy's never tasted this good.

Dang, this sweet jelly is good. Delicious.

Imagine how good the pork belly'll taste.

[Dowoon] Sounds k*ller.

With ramyeon.

But even if it's just a small thing,

I want to help. I'll make some gimbap
and I'll pack some hand warmers.

DISCUSSING THE HIKE'S LUNCH

-[Yung-suk] Gimbap sounds great.
-Should we grill some meat

and cook some ramyeon?

-[Chae-min] Perfect.
-[Hyeon-yong] Eat a lot.

-[Tarzzan] I'll buy the meat.
-Make something delicious.

-[Hyeon-yong] Beef?
-Let's split it.

-Half and half.
-Yes.

I'll bring the cooking setup.

But I don't eat much on camera.

LUNCH PREP DECIDED IN NO TIME

-Oh my gosh.
-[Tarzzan] Jeez.

My backpack feels like

-Heavy all of a sudden.
-it's getting heavier.

[Dowoon] Crap.

[Hyeon-yong] Everything was hectic
when we stopped, so I couldn't tell you,

but this place is called Gwimyeonam.

If you look up, they say
it looks like the face of a ghost.

What?

[Hyeon-yong] The rock on the left.
See the white part on the left?

[Chae-min] The white part?

[Hyeon-yong] Yeah. On the left.

-Where?
-The rock on the left.

See the white part on the left?

-The white part?
-Over there.

-Yes, on the left.
-[crew] Right next to that.

[Hyeon-yong] On the left.
It look like a human face? Right?

-That's the spot.
-[Car] You made that up though, right?

[laughing]

-Wait, no…
-I don't know.

-[Chae-min] Which part's white?
-[Hyeon-yong] The left.

Doesn't that rock look like a face?
Like, from Easter Island?

IT WAS NAMED AS SUCH
BECAUSE IT RESEMBLES A GHOST'S FACE

LEGEND HAS IT THAT A SAGE WAS MESMERIZED
BY THE VIEW OF CHEONBULDONGGYEGOK VALLEY

AND APPOINTED GWIMYEONAM ROCK
AS THE GATEKEEPER OF THE VALLEY

ORIGIN OF GWIMYEONAM ROCK

HE DIDN'T MAKE IT UP


SET OFF FROM GWIMYEONAM ROCK

[Tarzzan] Oh, man.

What time is it?

[Hyeon-yong] It's 9:00.

Wow, already?

Time is flying by.

[upbeat music playing]

HIGH-SPEED LOW-ENDURANCE GUY
TAKES THE LEAD AGAIN

SPECIALTY: FLAT GROUND

WEAKNESS: UPHILL

HE CROSSES FLAT GROUND AT BREAKNECK SPEED

THE OTHERS WALK AT THEIR OWN SPEED

HE RUNS INTO HIS WEAKNESS AGAIN







MAKE-UP CLASS: STAIRS

[sighs]

It's getting harder. [sighs]

[Chae-min] Here.
We're pretty high up now, right?

[panting] I think I was going too fast.

I'm so tired.

-We can go slowly.
-[Hyeon-yong] Take it slow.

-Okay.
-Careful.

Don't worry about them.

Let's keep taking it slow.

TARZZAN TAKES THE LEAD THIS TIME

-[Hyeon-yong] You can go slowly.
-[Dowoon] Okay.

MIDDLE 1: DOWOON

I was wiped that day.

MIDDLE 2: CAR, THE GARDEN

[Car] I'm beat.

BACK: CHAE-MIN

THE 2ND LINEUP OF THE SEORAKSAN HIKE

[Tarzzan] Wow, that view.

I know. It's so pretty.

Amazing.

These steps are like Infinite Stairs.

These stairs!

Why are there so many steps?

SEORAKSAN NATIONAL PARK TRAIL

THE TRAIL GUIDE ADVISES HIKERS TO CHECK
THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH BEFORE CLIMBING,

AS THE STAIRS CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE TRAIL

AN EXAMPLE OF "NOT FIT ENOUGH TO CLIMB"

AN EXAMPLE OF "FIT ENOUGH TO CLIMB"

I'm exhausted.

[sighs wearily]

CAR, NOT GOING
HAS SLOWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY

I'm going to walk now. I'm just walking.

Just walking with no effort.

Are you actually a fast walker?

I'm drained.

THE VANGUARD WALKS ACROSS

TARZZAN, DOWOON

A CAMERAMAN

THEY APPEAR MUCH LATER

CAR, THE GARDEN, CHAE-MIN

[Tarzzan] Are you okay?

[Car] Huh?

[Dowoon] Car. Whoa, that happened so fast.
You look sick all of a sudden.

[Tarzzan] Car, you're pale.

Where's our amazing producer?

-I want to talk to him now.
-[Chae-min] Behind us.

-I need to talk to him.
-He's behind us.

HE'S READY TO QUIT THE SHOW

I feel like I need to go super slow.
I can't get c*ck out here.

-[Dowoon] You're right.
-A hiking lesson. Don't get c*ck.

[Dowoon] Pace is important.

TAKING A MOMENT TO CHECK THE MICS

KIM SEON-U, AUDIO DIRECTOR

-Let me place it higher for you.
-[Dowoon] You okay?

-Wow…
-[Car] When I stop.

On breaks.

His back will give out.
Wow! That's insane.

-[Car] Heavy?
-[Seon-u] Like that.

-Okay.
-[Dowoon] Try lifting it.

Huh?

How heavy is it?

[Car] Try it.

ABOUT 25 KG

[exclaims] Oh, careful.

Why do you have so much stuff in here?

[Chae-min] That's all equipment.

[Hyeon-yong] He has to carry
the audio mixer.

I wonder how much the crew hated it
when they said we were filming this.

CAMERAMAN LAUGHING

What if this part of your face freezes?

I think it will.

Your mustache.

[Chae-min] Thank you.

AN ICICLE FORMED ON HIS MUSTACHE

There's an icicle forming on it.

Excuse me.

-His shoulders must be k*lling him.
-Wow. A mixer.

ALLERGIC TO DOCENTS

[Hyeon-yong] If we go a little further,

there's a long staircase
at Oryeonpokpo Falls.

And once we get past that,

-we'll reach the first shelter.
-[Chae-min] Second hurdle?

Is that the second major hurdle?

[Hyeon-yong] Basically, yes.
Let's head out.

-[Chae-min] Okay.
-[Hyeon-yong] Thank you.

Chae-min, I have to go slow.

-[Chae-min] Okay.
-[Dowoon] Okay, take your time.

DOWOON LEADS NOW

I think, once you end up in the front,
leading, you start hurrying for no reason.

[quirky music playing]

THE 3RD LINEUP OF THE SEORAKSAN HIKE

HE WALKS LEISURELY

HE EVEN HAS HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK

[Hyeon-yong] Why were you
walking like that?

Oh, right. That's because I tend
to walk with my hands on my hips.

I wasn't trying to show off.

I just wanted to feel
the pressure on my pelvis.

So I do that and I lean forward a bit.

WALKING AND FEELING THE STIMULATION
ON HIS HIP JOINTS

[Hyeon-yong] So when the slope
is pretty steep?

When it's steep.

-Yeah. I kept the poles short.
-And you used the poles.

I shortened them, used them like canes.

IT IS RECOMMENDED TO HOLD

THE POLES 5 TO 10 CM SHORTER UPHILL

[Hyeon-yong] A lot of experienced
hikers recommend that.

But you didn't look that up.
You just did it, right?

To survive.
I had to keep finding a way somehow.

I thought, "I'm gonna die

-if I keep this up."
-I see.

[Hyeon-yong] Hey, look. If you look
to the left, you'll see Oryeonpokpo Falls.

[Tarzzan] Nice.

[Dowoon] If Car sees that, he might faint.

ORYEONPOKPO FALLS



THROUGH A STEEP ROCKY VALLEY

IT IS KNOWN TO HAVE THE BEST VIEW
IN CHEONBULDONGGYEGOK VALLEY

[Chae-min] Are those the stairs
he mentioned?

AN ENDLESS STAIRCASE TRAIL
THAT WINDS ALONGSIDE THE WATERFALL

THE 2ND CRUX SELECTED BY THE STAFF

ONCE YOU WALK UP
THE SEEMINGLY NEVER-ENDING STAIRS,

YOU ARRIVE AT THE FIRST SHELTER!

WILL THEY BE ABLE TO OVERCOME
THE SECOND CRUX?

[Chae-min] But once we get up
these stairs, there's a shelter.

Ah. Then we'll eat again?

No, no.

[Dowoon] Oh.

-We could grab a quick bite.
-[Dowoon] Have some gimbap.

Oh, gimbap.

[Chae-min] I'm so hungry again.
I'm more hungry than tired right now.

Oh, me too.

-[Chae-min] Right? Yeah.
-[Dowoon] Yeah? Wow.

[Chae-min] That's why
I don't have any energy.

-[Dowoon] Let's just walk, Car.
-[Car] Okay.

[Dowoon] If you think
about it, there's no need to hurry.

-[Car] You're right.
-They can't film anything without us.

[Car laughs] That's true.

-We should just hike super slow.
-[Dowoon] Yeah.

So that it looks like
we won't make it in time.

-Turn around halfway.
-[Dowoon] Halfway, we'll say we leave.

[Car] Not a bad idea.

[Dowoon] Yeah.
Our steps, look how we're walking,

-It's like slow motion.
-So slow.

Whoa. I thought we climbed a lot,
but we're not even halfway.

[Chae-min] It is gorgeous, though.

[Tarzzan] The way
the snow falls is so pretty.

[Chae-min] Yeah. It is.

[suspenseful music playing]

IT STARTS TO SNOW ON SEORAKSAN

CURRENT TEMPERATURE: -11.4℃
WIND CHILL: -24.3℃

WEST WIND BLOWING AT 15.1 M/S

[wind blowing]

[rattling]

-[Chae-min exclaims] Wow. Look at that.
-[Car] The wind is strong.

[all exclaim]

-[Chae-min] Oh no! His hat!
-[Tarzzan] No!

TARZZAN'S HAT ESCAPES

[all exclaim]

-[Chae-min] Oh no! His hat!
-[Tarzzan] No!

-His hat…
-[Car] You lose your hat?

It flew away.

-[Car] Really?
-[Chae-min] It's gone.

HE LOSES HIS HAT

Wait a second.

-[Car] Let it go.
-[Chae-min] What do we do?

[Car] Just let it go.

[Chae-min] Yeah. Looks like it's gone.

Goodbye.

-Wow. That gust of wind was so strong.
-[Car] This is rough.

[crew] What happened?

I think he lost his hat.

Here, wear this.

[Car] There's another here.

-What?
-[Dowoon] Put this on.

It'll just fly away again.

-This has Velcro. There's a strap.
-[Car] Fasten it at the bottom.

-Wow.
-Aww, hope I scored some points for that!

[Car] You definitely did
with ALLDAY PROJECT, totally.

What an ambassador.

[Chae-min] Thanks to you, we rested.

[Tarzzan] That's true.

[chill music playing]

STILL WALKING SLOWLY

[Dowoon] I'm telling you,
you were too fast.

[Car] I overdid it.

[Dowoon] I was like, "Wow,
he's really good at hiking."

[Car] But that's bullshit.

[Chae-min] But the problem
isn't about going up.

-[Car] Really?
-It's that we have to go back

the way we came.

[Tarzzan] Is there only one way?

[Chae-min] Oh my gosh.

[Hyeon-yong] At the top of these stairs,
you'll see the shelter.

[Car] Okay.

-Hey!
-Wow.

[Dowoon] Almost at the bathroom.

Oh, man.

THE FIRST SHELTER FINALLY REVEALS ITSELF

[sighs]

[Chae-min] How were they able
to build this so far up the mountain?

[Tarzzan] A truly amazing feat.

[Chae-min] I know, right?



ARRIVED AT THE FIRST SHELTER

WHAT IS A SHELTER?

A REST AREA WHERE YOU CAN REST WHILE
BEING SHELTERED FROM THE HARSH WEATHER

THE STORE TO REPLENISH SUPPLIES

A COZY STAY TO RECHARGE FOR THE NEXT DAY

IT'S LIKE AN OASIS FOR HIKERS

SEORAKSAN SOGONGWON

BISEONDAE, GWIMYEONAM ROCK

FOLLOWING CHEONBULDONGGYEGOK VALLEY

YANGPOK SHELTER

THEY DECIDE TO HAVE
A SHORT MAINTENANCE SESSION

Wow, the water's frozen.

-Whoa, you're right!
-It froze.

Oh…

It turned into a slushy.

IT'S AS COLD AS A FREEZER

Chae-min,
do you want to eat the gimbap now?

-We could eat a little. Yeah.
-Want some?

THE GIMBAP HE BROUGHT FROM SEOUL

DOWOON LAUGHING

EXCITED

Here's yours.

Oh, thank you.

Ssada Gimbab.

A SPEEDY DELIVERY

Car, you want some gimbap?

-Should I have some?
-[Dowoon] Yeah. Here you go.

Wow, thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

TAKING A BIG BITE

CAR, THE GARDEN EATS IT WITHOUT ANY DELAY

Dowoon, that was delicious.

FEELING PROUD

That cold gimbap is so delightful.

COLD GIMBAP IS A DELICACY HERE

TARZZAN JOINS THEM

AMAZED

-It's good, right?
-Wow, this is so good.

It's cold but it's good.

Put it here.

Where's the ramyeon smell coming from?

They're making some inside.

EVERYONE GETS EXCITED
AT THE FAMILIAR SMELL

Wow, that smells crazy good.

-[crew 1] Yeah, for sure.
-It's driving me crazy.

Seriously, is someone
from our team making it?

OTHER HIKERS ARE COOKING RAMYEON

It smells so good.

[crew 2] Oh, you came to watch?

-[hiker] We did Gongnyong Ridge yesterday,
-Who's making it?

then came down here to eat.

We're going to go down
this way afterwards.

[Hyeon-yong] So you're heading down.
You saw the sunrise yesterday?

[hiker] Yeah. We went all the way
up to the peak. It was epic.

I was just so hungry.
The hike up wasn't what I thought.

I looked it up online, and it said
that you burn 3 to 500 calories per hour.

VARIES ON WEIGHT AND INCLINE

Uh…

If I had burned that many calories,

I definitely needed something
in my system.

BURNED 1,500 KCAL AT MAX

-[hiker] Yeah.
-Good luck!

[Hyeon-yong] Thank you.

-That smell.
-[Hyeon-yong] Smells so good.

-I'm gonna die.
-[Hyeon-yong] Don't smell it.

[Chae-min] The smell is crazy.

Ramyeon would taste great
so good right now.

Dang, that smell. I have to eat soon.

I brought the whole set.

-[Chae-min] Good, good.
-Wow, that's heavy.

[Hyeon-yong] So from here on out,
we're getting into the difficult part

[crew 3] So far, it's been
"normal" difficulty.

For me, when you say that,
it just makes me so angry.

"It's been 'normal' hard up to now."

I mean, like, who am I supposed
to be mad at? I can only be mad at myself.

SEETHING FOR NO CLEAR REASON

[groans]

[Chae-min] Ugh. This smell, it's too much.

I think we have
to power up for the pork belly.

It's dangerous…

-This smell is dangerous.
-This is too much.

-I can't take it.
-That was a huge motivator.

I can't wait to get up there and eat.

Oh, I'm hungry.



This is great!


SET OFF FROM YANGPOK SHELTER

Now that we've rested and had some food,
I feel like I have my strength back.

[Car] I feel way better.

"EATING TRAIL FOOD GIVES YOU ENERGY"
-HIKING EXPERT PARK MIN-GU

NOW THAT HE'S RECHARGED,
THE FAST WALKER STARTS TO SPEED BACK UP

I have to go slow.

Can't overdo it.

"DON'T SHOW OFF WHILE HIKING"
-CAR, THE GARDEN 30 MINUTES AGO

AS EXPECTED OF THE EXPERT-LEVEL COURSE,
THE PATH IS VERY STEEP FROM THE START

THEY ENTER THE STAIRCASE HELL

THE STAIRCASE HELL SHOWS NO MERCY

[Car groans]

[Car] My thighs, wow.

CONGESTION

[Hyeon-yong] Is he all right?

Are you okay?

[crew] Yeah.

[Hyeon-yong] It might be better for you
if you stay at Yangpok.

You can't push yourself too much.
It'll be like this for the next two hours.

I think he's not feeling well.

Who is?

-The photographer.
-Oh wow.

[crew] Just a cramp, I'm good.

[Hyeon-yong] Then let's go.

-[crew] Yeah.
-We'll go ahead for now.

Let's go.

[Hyeon-yong] A rescue member's here.

THE SHOW WAS SHOT WITH THE COOPERATION
AND SUPPORT OF THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM

THE FIELD PHOTOGRAPHER GOES BACK

TO THE SHELTER WITH THE RESCUE TEAM

"ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO REACH THE SUMMIT"
-VOYTEK KURTYKA

TAKING SAFE, SLOW STEPS

"IF YOU GO SLOW, YOU'RE INVINCIBLE"
FROM "HIKE SHELF" BY YOON SEONG-JUNG

So those are the stairs.

MORE STAIRS

DEJECTED

[Hyeon-yong] Okay, everyone.

This is Cheondang Falls.

SICK OF HIM

[Chae-min] What's it called?

[Hyeon-yong] Cheondang Falls.

[Chae-min] So this waterfall
leads to heaven?

[Hyeon-yong] Because people here
felt like they were in heaven.

[Hyeon-yong] That's the lore
behind it. Cheondang Falls.

-I was wondering why he stopped.
-[Hyeon-yong] Beautiful, right?

So, I'm basically walking
like this, right, the whole time.

Like this, and then…

Why are we stopped?
"Now, if you look over here…"

[crew laughs]

I have to walk. We have to go right now.

-The water's all frozen.
-You didn't make this one up.

[Hyeon-yong] Oh, not at all.

This is the official Cheondang Falls
of the national park.

THE LAST WATERFALL
IN CHEONBULDONGGYEGOK VALLEY

CALLED "CHEONDANGPOKPO FALLS"
BECAUSE AFTER ENDURING HARDSHIPS

IN THE MORTAL WORLD,
ARRIVING HERE FEELS LIKE HEAVEN

[Car] But it's midwinter right now.

-It's all frozen.
-[Car] It looks horrible.

THOUGH IT'S HARD TO SEE
ITS TRUE BEAUTY IN WINTER,

IT TRULY SHINES ON CLEAR DAYS

[Chae-min] So the next two hours is hard?

[Hyeon-yong] Super hard.

[Car] This is just a Stairmaster,
not Cheondang Falls.

Look at this.

-[laughs in disbelief]
-[Chae-min] Amazing.

[suspenseful music playing]

A VERY STEEP STAIRCASE
NEXT TO CHEONDANGPOKPO FALLS

[Chae-min] It's too much.

THE STAIRS BECOME STEEPER

IT LOOKS EVEN SCARIER FROM BELOW

SO STEEP THAT YOU CAN ONLY SEE
THE TOP OF THE HEAD OF THE PERSON BEHIND

THEY JUST CAN'T SPEED UP

TO MAKE IT WORSE, THE SMOOTH STAIRS

BECOME COVERED IN SNOW

AS THEY CLIMB HIGHER

THEY'RE GETTING EVEN SLOWER

THE SNOWY STAIRS HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO

IT MAKES MATTERS WORSE

WALKING MASTER BRINGS HIS HANDS FORWARD

CHANGING HIS GAIT

HE CRAWLS ON ALL FOURS

[Hyeon-yong] What would you say
was the hardest part of the climb?

The stairs. The metal staircases
and the wooden ones, as well.

The steps were super high,
so that was tough.

UNEXPECTEDLY, DOWOON IS HAVING A HARD TIME

MEANWHILE, CAR, THE GARDEN
IS UNEXPECTEDLY DOING FINE

Okay.

The stairs were not that bad,
in hindsight.

I mean, they were tough, but there's
a certain way to climb them.

And one right after the next.

So the stairs are fine.

But when it comes to rocky sections,
I'm like, "Where do I step?"

So, yeah, it's frustrating.

ANOTHER DIFFICULT TRAIL FOLLOWS

Hey, Car.

This is-- Wow, I can't even talk!

I feel like I'm
in a documentary right now.

This is crazy. It's a documentary, right?

I don't understand
the purpose of this show.

[exclaims]

[exclaims]

THEY ENTER THE ICE-PRONE AREA

Doesn't this mean, "stay out"? What?

[Dowoon] Oh wow, sorry.

NON-SLIP ROPES SET UP
AT THE ICE-PRONE AREA

THE DIFFICULT TRAIL CONTINUES

SNOW PILED UP ON A FROZEN PATH

IT ISN'T EASY TO EVEN TAKE A STEP FORWARD

[groans]

[groans]

This is no fun. This sucks.

You know? This isn't it.

This…

[somber music playing]

[exhales]

I mean, to be honest, I saw this coming.

I told you several times,

even when I'm just going up
a regular set of stairs,

I might run out of breath,
if they're steep.

So, yeah, at my current physical state,
honestly, I pushed myself way too much.

I think that's why
it hurt my body so much.

[Hyeon-yong] Let's take a five-minute
break here. And have some water.

[Car sighs]

Crazy.


RESTING AFTER 30 MINUTES

[Chae-min] This is nice.

It's amazing.

It feels like I'm doing free labor.

[Dowoon] Oh.

Guys. Let's take a selfie here.

-A selfie?
-A souvenir.

FIRST SELFIE
AFTER NEARLY 4 HOURS OF HIKING

My hands are frozen right now.

I'm going to take it. One, two, three.

Are we gonna eat now?

-Let's go.
-All right, let's go.

[Tarzzan] Oh, boy.

[Chae-min] It's harder because it's snowy.

-[Dowoon] Exactly.
-Because we keep slipping.

Feels like I don't know
where to focus my effort.

[Tarzzan] Feels like
I'm taking negative steps.

Wow, crampons are really a must.

"HIKING A SNOWY MOUNTAIN REQUIRES
TWICE THE STAMINA OF A NORMAL HIKE"

HIKE INSTRUCTOR PARK MIN-GU

[Hyeon-yong] See those rocks
over there on the right?

That's the Gongnyong Ridge.

That is the most difficult
hiking trail in Korea.

Over there?

[Hyeon-yong] You see that rock
on the right? Follow it to the trail.

GONGNYONG RIDGE

IT STRETCHES FROM
MADEUNGNYEONG PASS TO SINSEONAM ROCK

NAMED FOR ITS MAJESTIC SHAPE
RESEMBLING A DINOSAUR'S SPINE

IT'S KNOWN AS ONE OF
THE HARDEST HIKING TRAILS IN KOREA

[Hyeon-yong] The National Park
selected it as the most incredible trail.

And it's the most difficult one?

-[Hyeon-yong] Yeah.
-Wow.

Should we go? Yeah. Let's go.

Hey, you know what's funny?

We're the only ones here, on the mountain.

No one else is hiking up.
It's just us. You know what that means?

This is not the season to be hiking here.

You know?

No matter how hard you look,
there are no other hikers.

ORYEONPOKPO FALLS

YANGPOK SHELTER

MUNEOMIGOGAE RIDGE

THE FINAL CRUX CHOSEN BY THE STAFF

MUNEOMIGOGAE RIDGE

"THE RIDGE WHERE WATER CROSSES"

THE RIDGE DIVIDES THE WATERCOURSE
OF CHEONBULDONGGYEGOK AND GAYADONGGYEGOK

LEVEL: EXTREMELY DIFFICULT

THEY MUST WALK UP A NEAR-30-DEGREE SLOPE
FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR

CAR, THE GARDEN STAYS IN THE LEAD

Oh, but seriously, my quads hurt so bad.

Then take a breath here, Car.

[Car] Freaking insane.

-Take it slow.
-[Car] Yeah. Wow.

We can crawl if you want.

The kids behind us

are also struggling.

[groans]

But in the middle of all that,
I felt a sharp pain right here.

That hurts so bad.

So much. Right here, it hurts.

[groans]

[Hyeon-yong] Guys, only 30 minutes to go!
That's it!

-Really?
-Oh, okay!

[Hyeon-yong] That's all!

-[Dowoon] Let's eat!
-[Chae-min] Then we're done?

I can't believe we'll be there in 30.

-Ramyeon.
-I cannot wait.

Go on ahead, Dowoon.

[Dowoon] Yeah.

-Take your time. Okay.
-Go this way.

THE LEAD CHANGES

[Car] Go on ahead.

[Chae-min] Okay.

Let's go!

[Tarzzan] Let's go, Car.

-[Chae-min] Almost there.
-[Tarzzan] Let's go.

[Car] Come on.

[Dowoon] Wow, it is just so steep.

Goodness gracious.

Screw this!

[panting]

Go ahead, Chae-min.

-[Chae-min] Okay.
-[Dowoon] Okay.

[Car] Hard, right?
It's way too much right now.

[Dowoon] I should take my poles out.

THE LEAD CHANGES

-We got this.
-Hang in there.

Thank you.

THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE STARTING
TO FALL BEHIND TOO

Ramyeon. Ramyeon.

TARZZAN'S CURRENT VIEW

Honestly, the ground
was just chunky rocks.

So I was looking at the rocks.

-[Hyeon-yong] "Chunky rocks."
-All I was thinking about was

which rock do I step on, to not slip?

Seriously, this sport, I feel like,

requires you to have
a massive amount of focus, for sure.

Yeah.

So, I need to change my stage name.
That's what I realized. Yeah.

-[Hyeon-yong] Tarzzan.
-[Tarzzan] Huh?

Huh? Oh.

Oh.

[chill music playing]

MEANWHILE, 1 PERSON CLIMBS UP STEADILY

They're all falling behind back there.

[Hyeon-yong] Of the four of you,
who's MVP?

Chae-min.

Has to be, right? I don't remember
seeing him falling behind.

Oh, and Chae-min,
that guy was the all-star.

Yeah, he's going places.

I felt like it was just a promo, for him.

LOOKING THIS GOOD AFTER 4 HOURS OF HIKING

My calves hurt more than my thighs.

Your calves? Your whole
foot should touch the ground more.

-Don't walk on the ba*ls of your feet.
-Like this?

Oh, right.

Otherwise your calves will hurt.

I saw it on YouTube.

I can't believe there's a path up here.

-[Hyeon-yong] I don't know who cleared it.
-I know, right?

-[Hyeon-yong] It's pretty, right?
-Yeah. It is pretty.

It's nice, having the sunlight

reflect on the snow.

It's beyond words. I'm speechless.

Isn't it beautiful?

Incredible.

MEANWHILE, HE REALLY CAN'T FORM A SENTENCE

[groans]

[sighs]

This is ridiculous.

[tense music playing]

Let's rest here.

I don't think I can make it.

[Dowoon] Seriously, this is tough.

HE SETS OFF AGAIN

[Car groans]

Whoa, hold on.

[groans]

My legs are about to explode.

[sighs]

I think Car has basically given up.

[Car] Going forward,
will it get harder than this?

Oh man, I don't think I remember that
section at all. That's when I crashed.

I think I may have asked the producer

if it was going to get more difficult.

Because at that point,
I was ready tell the producer

"I had to leave the show after this hike."

I thought it would be best to tell him

before they planned the rest of the show.

To be honest, that's where my head was at.

"If I keep this up, I'll hold them back."
I was already feeling that.

Like, I was whining so much.

And whining like that
isn't really my style at all.

Oh, gosh. Ugh.

This is so hard.

Car, let's sit down before we keep going.

[groaning]

I mean, I just needed a chair, or like

I don't know, maybe some
warmer clothes or something.

I just needed to sit there for a bit

and look out at the view and zone out.

That's all I wanted to do.

But like,

we were the focus, you know?

So we could just go at our own pace.

It was the very last straw.

If I say I want to quit,
it's not like I can just go down.

If there was an escalator,
I would've gone down immediately.

I'm sorry, but that's how I felt.

But it wasn't like I could go back.

And… I was so hungry.

And the kids had all the food.
I just had the bowls.

[Hyeon-yong] That's why…

Car, try making your poles
a little shorter.

[Car] Yeah?

And don't hold the sticks like this.

Try holding them like a grandpa
would hold a cane, and push.

-[Car] You think?
-It's a little easier.

Make them shorter?

[Dowoon] Yeah, a little.
I made mine shorter.

THEY REGROUP WITH THE LEAD GROUP

[Chae-min] All right, guys
we're almost there.

[laughs]

[Hyeon-yong] We're moving faster
than we expected.

-Are we?
-[Dowoon] Really?

[Hyeon-yong] Yeah.

You know what matters most?

-[Tarzzan] What is it?
-I'm not even hungry.

-[laughter]
-You know what this means?

[Tarzzan] I said the same thing just now.

I'm too tired to care about pork belly.

[laughter]

I'm not lying.

I think that I am allergic
to mountains now.

I don't care about stupid pork belly.

For real, right now,

I'm just blaming myself for this.

Shall we go?

[Chae-min] All right.

[Tarzzan] Car, you say that now,
but you'll enjoy it later.

I mean, I'm sure I'll eat.

[laughter]

And it will be good.

[Tarzzan] They said we just have
to get up those stairs.

But how long are the stairs?

-That's gotta be a lie.
-[Tarzzan] How high up does this go?

Once we get over that, they're gonna be
like, "This is the final stretch."

[Tarzzan] Will there be stairs
when we get over that?

[Chae-min] What if it was a trick,
and there's something else

after we climb up all those stairs?

FULL OF DOUBTS

So this isn't the shelter?

[Hyeon-yong] This is
the Huiungak Viewpoint!

[Chae-min] I see.

[Hyeon-yong] Come on,
take a look at that view.

[exhales]

Ah!

Whoa.

-[Chae-min] Amazing.
-Whoa.

[Chae-min] Such a great view.

[Hyeon-yong] You might like this view.

For real! [laughs]

Seriously, I do genuinely like this view.

But to be completely honest with you,

-it doesn't matter.
-[laughter]

It's not worth the exhaustion.

[laughs]

[Tarzzan] It feels like Avatar.

Stay there.

[camera clicks]

AVATARZZAN ON SEORAKSAN

It looked like a scene
from the movie Avatar.

It was beautiful.

I looked down,

and you could see all of those sharp,
rocky edges of the mountain.

And if you looked up, snow.
But when you looked down, no snow.

That was just amazing. I don't know why.

I felt like,
"Wow, I'm so high up right now."

THE OLDER MEMBERS WHO DON'T APPRECIATE
NICE VIEWS TAKE A PICTURE TOO

STRIKING A CHEER-UP POSE FOR NO REASON

JANUARY 12, 2026,
IN FRONT OF GONGNYONG RIDGE

Aw, man,
the pork belly must be frozen now.

-[Dowoon] You're right.
-[Tarzzan] Probably.

[Dowoon] I think everything's frozen.

[Tarzzan] Okay, so I peed earlier,
and a ton of steam rose from it.

Oh, is that it?

Ah, we're here.

[Chae-min] Wow, it's so pretty.

[bright music playing]

Wow. Nice work, everyone.

[cheering]

THEY FINALLY ARRIVE AT TODAY'S DESTINATION

[Car] Good job.

This is Huiungak Shelter,
located in Seoraksan National Park.

HUIUNGAK SHELTER

CHEONBULDONGGYEGOK

THE FINAL GATEWAY TO DAECHEONGBONG PEAK

THE HUB OF SEORAKSAN TRAILS
LOCATED 1,065 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL

[Hyeon-yong] The cooking area
is on your right.

A CLEAN COOKING AREA
PROVIDING WARM MEALS FOR HIKERS

And the lodging and bathrooms
are on your left.

CLEAN AND COZY ACCOMMODATION

At one point,
there was a landslide on Seoraksan.

This shelter was built in response
to that, so it's very meaningful.

It's the biggest and best shelter
on the mountain.

THEY ARRIVED AT THE FINAL DESTINATION
OF THE TRAINING CAMP, HUIUNGAK SHELTER

We were aiming to get here by 12:00,
but we got here 17 minutes early.

We're here much earlier than we expected.

How do the people
that work here get up here?

-By hiking?
-[crew] Yeah.

[Hyeon-yong] No.
They take turns with shifts

changing once a week probably.

You could buy
anything you need, like fuel.

-[Chae-min] Where's the entrance?
-[Hyeon-yong] The kitchen is on the right.

[Tarzzan] Let's get inside
where it's warm, please.

THE MEMBERS ARE EXHAUSTED
FROM THE LONG HIKE

[all sighing in relief]

[Chae-min] Finally.

THEY ENTER THE KITCHEN WITH HIGH HOPES

-Whoa, do you smell that?
-Whoa.

[Chae-min exclaims]

What is this? Is this it?

THIS IS THE KITCHEN?

You know, this isn't exactly--

I'm sure we can sit down
and eat somewhere.

I thought that the shelter would have
a place we could sit to eat.

It was my very first time being there,

so I thought we'd be sitting down to eat.

I thought it was a waiting room.

Not like a full kitchen.

-Are they all like that?
-[Hyeon-yong] Yeah.

Time for the meat.

-Let's take the meat out.
-Yeah.

CAR, THE GARDEN IS IN CHARGE
OF THE CAMPING COOKSET AND GAS BURNER

[Tarzzan] Wow, it's a slushy.

CHAE-MIN IS IN CHARGE OF RAMYEON AND MEAT

You cut it up, right?

Yeah, I asked them to cut it.

TARZZAN, ALSO IN CHARGE OF MEAT,
CHECKS THE MEAT HE BOUGHT

THEY PACKED A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF LUNCH

[Dowoon] Wow. You came so prepared.

THE FIRE IGNITES AT DOWOON'S TOUCH

-Oh, like this?
-Thanks for your work.

-Grill it right away?
-Put it on now?

Right away?

[Dowoon] It's hot enough now, right?
The pan?

[Car] I'm amazed that we're
getting phone reception.

-[Tarzzan] Hot.
-[Hyeon-yong] Yeah.

[sizzling]

-[Chae-min] Wow, listen to that sound.
-[Dowoon] Right? Look at that.

THE FIRST PORK BELLY ENTERS

It's salty.

SPRINKLING SALT

[Tarzzan] Car, if you grab me
one of those plates,

I can put the meat on it.

-Yeah, that.
-Like this?

Yes, thank you.

It smells so good.

A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF PEPPER

Aw, nice.

Should we all try a piece first?

-[Dowoon] Go ahead.
-[Tarzzan] Just one piece each.

-[Chae-min] We'll all try it.
-[Dowoon] You first.

THE FIRST PROPER MEAL
AFTER 5 HOURS OF HIKING

Here, try it.

Oh!

Whoa.

Oh, thank you.

[Tarzzan] Whoo!

-[Car] That's good.
-It's so good.

Crazy good.

It's good.

-Ah!
-[Dowoon] It's good.

Crazy good.

-[Dowoon] So good.
-Wow, yum.

I'm finally starting to come to my senses.

Mm.

THEY CONTINUE TO CONSUME MEAT

-[Car] I'm good at grilling.
-Whoo!

[Car] I got this.

Oh!

HE'S BUSY EATING MEAT

Delicious.

HE TAKES THE TONGS FROM TARZZAN

It's grilling better
now that the pan is hotter.

Yeah, this is it.

CHAE-MIN'S GRILLED PORK BELLY
MAKES YOU SALIVATE

Mm.

[Chae-min] Do we have a lid?

-Whoo!
-The seasoning.

The seasoning is perfect.

Very satisfied.

IT'S WORTH THE 5-HOUR HIKE

[Tarzzan] Ooh.

Tastes good.

-Should we eat the dehydrated meals next?
-[Dowoon] You want to eat those?

-[Car] Yeah, if you brought it.
-Okay.

Which one do you want?

DOWOON BROUGHT MRE

Two should be enough, right?

Open the sealed package.

What's inside this?

-That's where it cooks.
-Oh, like that?

Hold on.



If you just pour water in here,
it heats up.

-[Dowoon] It's so strange.
-[Chae-min] It's cooking now?

[Car] Mm.



[Yung-suk] Why are you guys so fast?

[Chae-min] Oh, you're here?

LOOKING HAGGARD

Do you think you can continue hiking?

-I'm leaving the show.
-[laughs]

Have fun on the sh**t.

Okay? Everyone have a great sh**t.

We'll all leave with you.

This is ready.

It's like ramyeon in a bag.

We just poured water in here
and that's it.

ROUND 2 STARTS

[Tarzzan] How does it taste?

Like ramyeon in a bag.

Like water and noodles.

-You want some?
-Hmm?

-Some ramyeon?
-Yeah.

-Eat up.
-Okay.

Wait, this one is amazing.

-[Car] Good, yeah?
-Hyung, this is the one.

Seriously.

[Car] So, how did we do, teacher?

You all did much better
than I thought you would.

And you all had great stamina.

-No.
-[Min-gu] You hiked well.

-For the next mountain…
-[Min-gu] Yeah?

…if it could be smaller than this one.

Because…

I can't stop swearing.

-Seriously.
-Today, if you're exhausted,

you can curse.

Sure, but I can't stop.

Go ahead and curse.

Like, why did we have to come up here?

I thought I'd discover a reason,

but I can't. Not one.

-[Min-gu] Well…
-I was freaking pissed, the whole hike up.

Is three packs of ramyeon enough? Or four?

-Let's do four.
-[Chae-min] Sounds good.

You must be really hungry.

ROUND 3, COOKING RAMYEON

Oh, nice.

-Putting them in.
-[Car] Yeah, do that.

[Tarzzan] But will all four fit in here?

RAMYEON TIME

[Car] Yeah, just give it time.

SQUEEZE THEM IN FOR NOW

We have no choice.

-Like this, we got it.
-[Chae-min] We can do it.

Nice, nice.

Do we have enough water,
though, for all those noodles?

-[Car] Let's give it a try.
-[Dowoon] There's so much ramyeon.

[Chae-min] It's fine. We can just eat it.

-[Car] Serve it in here.
-[Dowoon] This looks good.

You have to turn it over.

-I'll eat it with that one.
-Turn the noodles on the outside in.

-[Tarzzan] I think it's all cooked now.
-[Chae-min] I think they're done.

RAMYEON IS COMPLETE

-Thanks so much.
-[Chae-min] Better to serve it with this.

Okay.

HE LIFTS UP THE WELL-COOKED NOODLES

[violin music playing]

IT DISAPPEARS LIKE MAGIC
AS SOON AS HE PUTS IT IN HIS MOUTH

It's good.

HE'S ABOUT TO GO INTO THE PLATE

The pork belly was good,
but the ramyeon was great.

-[Hyeon-yong] You just kept on eating.
-Yeah.

I told them to cook four packs. [laughs]

I usually eat a lot at home, too,
but we worked so hard out there.

-[Chae-min] You feel less guilty?
-No, I never feel guilty.

[laughs]

This feels amazing.

Yeah.

FEELING BETTER AFTER SOME RAMYEON

Are we doing the Celebrity Face Game?

GUESS THE PERSON QUIZ

[laughter]

NO
LET'S CLEAN UP AND DESCEND

Where do I put the food waste?

They have a food waste container here.

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES

[Car] Here, wet wipes.

Wet wipes, anyone?

Oh, yeah, can I get a wet wipe?

I have one, too, but…

[Car] It's frozen. These froze.

-[Hyeon-yong] The wipes?
-Really?

[Car] A little bit.

THE WET WIPES WON'T COME OUT

Seriously?

-Did I pull them out wrong?
-[Dowoon] I don't think so.

-[Car] They're weird, right?
-[Dowoon] Yeah.

Something's wrong.

They're stuck together. Look, look.

They're frozen.

[Chae-min] What is happening?

Look at this. It's frozen.

Wow.

[Chae-min laughs]

It does not wanna come out.

-I've never seen anything like this.
-Look at this.

[Tarzzan] These wipes are so hard, Car.

[Car] Yeah, they don't wanna come out.

[Tarzzan] Wow.

[Car] I'm getting dishcloths

[Chae-min] This is a big problem.

[Car] Wipe your hands, okay?

THEY WIPE THE TABLE USING ICE TISSUES

AND THROW THE TRASH INTO THE PLASTIC BAG

-Done.
-I'll take it down with me.

-No, no, it's okay.
-Your bag is the heaviest.

No, my bag's almost empty now.

-No, I can take it.
-Oh, no, it's okay.

HISSES

-Come on.
-Don't you dare.

TAKE THE TRASH,
AND THEY'RE REALLY DONE CLEANING!


APPARENT TEMPERATURE -22℃

Wow, my fingers and toes are freezing.

-It's so cold right now.
-Yeah, they feel numb right now.

We need to get down quickly.

THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED
WHILE THEY WERE RESTING

THE SNOW AND WIND BECAME HARSHER

[Yung-suk] Whoa.
The weather outside got way worse.

There was also a part of it
that felt psychological.

Yung-suk brought it up first.

He was like, 'It's so cold,
it's ridiculous."

First of all,
my feet were freezing. So cold.

IT'S TIME TO DESCEND

-[Tarzzan] I'm too scared to go out.
-[Chae-min] Oh, I know, right?

[exhilarating music playing]

ASCENDING IS TOUGH,
AND DESCENDING IS DANGEROUS

[Car] Why did I leave my balaclava?
I'm such an idiot.

[Tarzzan] Come on, Car,
at least you have facial hair.

[Car] What's that gonna do?

My facial hair is of no help.

[Hyeon-yong] Your beard isn't helping?

I feel like it would help. It doesn't?

[Car] No way. I can't even speak to you

-[Tarzzan] What?
-[laughs]

A BEARDED MAN MAKING FUN
OF ANOTHER BEARDED MAN

-[Hyeon-yong] I was too mean.
-[Car] I can't right now.

[laughter]

I don't have the energy to respond.

[laughter]

[Chae-min] Now the real hell begins.

Honestly, I thought
that was the hardest part.

Like, my body was cold to the core.

It felt like I was getting hypothermia.

My body temperature plummeted.

I think I just wanted to start moving
as quickly as possible.

-We need to move to warm up.
-[Chae-min] Yeah.

WARMING UP THEIR BODIES BY MOVING

-I can't feel my feet right now.
-[Car] Same.

[Tarzzan] Don't your big toes
hurt the most?

[Chae-min] Yeah, my feet
are just completely numb.

When we came out, it was painful.

Actually, the descent was harder for me
than the climb up.

It's a brutal cold.

That's how it felt.

[Dowoon] Oh, I was surprised, too.

It usually tends to get
a bit colder in the afternoon.

When I go fishing,
I get cold in the late afternoons.

[Hyeon-yong] You get cold
as your sweat cools, right?

That's right. And fishing and hiking
are quite similar, too. I think.

In terms of the temperature.

THEY'RE SIMILAR

But with fishing,
the dopamine rush is a real thing.

It's different from hiking.

Fishing is like 12 hours of dopamine.

Especially when I'm catching yellowtails.

You keep doing this, right?
Then you get hot.

Yeah. Oh!
I guess hiking is like that, too.

You keep moving to stay warm.

But you have a cabin
on the boat when you're fishing.

So you feel more comfortable.

Fishing is not quite as intense.

It's kind. Yeah.

GOING BACK ON HIS WORDS ONCE AGAIN

[Hyeon-yong] All right, let's get going.

THEY START TO DESCEND

HUIUNGAK SHELTER

GOING BACK TO THE STARTING POINT
TAKES ABOUT 4 HOURS 30 MINUTES

WHY IS DESCENDING DANGEROUS?



[Chae-min] I'm tired already.

[Tarzzan] I'm cold.



SLIPPERY

[Chae-min] It's slippery.



-Wow, going down is a lot of work.
-[Car] I know, right?

[Chae-min] I feel like my whole body's
gonna hurt tomorrow.

-[Chae-min] Exactly.
-[Car] Me, too.

I'm already coughing
and have a runny nose.

SNIFFING

WHAT WAS DOWNHILL WHILE ASCENDING
NOW BECOMES UPHILL

-[Tarzzan] Ah, my hands.
-[Chae-min] Whoa, uphills are worse now.

[panting]

LAUGHING IN DISMAY

THE SNOW PILED UP EVEN MORE
WHILE THEY WERE RESTING

[groans]

My quads are cramping already.

YOU WERE HAVING A HARD TIME
AS SOON AS YOU STARTED TO DESCEND

What could I…

it was like, how can I put it?

Throwing water
from a bucket to clean trash.

It's all swept away.
That's how the wind felt.

Yeah, I think I was swept away.

[lighthearted music playing]

GETTING SWEPT AWAY

WALKING CAREFULLY WITH FRAGILE LEGS

[Chae-min] Man, this is hard.

THE YOUNGEST MEMBERS FIND IT HARD TOO

SHOCKINGLY, A HIKER IN JEANS EXISTS

-[Tarzzan] Wow, Chae-min.
-[Chae-min] What?

It's so different.

-[Tarzzan] Ah, it really is.
-[Chae-min] So different than climbing.

-[hiker 1] Hello.
-Hello.

STILL POLITE

HE'S SWEPT AWAY, MAKING HIS
THOROUGH PREPARATIONS REDUNDANT

THEY'VE ONLY MOVED 200 M

THEY START GOING DOWN THE STEEP PASS

[Chae-min] Why does it
feel like there's more snow?

[Tarzzan] My knees
are definitely feeling tight.

[Chae-min] I know, right?

But still, going down is much easier.

I know.

[Chae-min] Wow, we climbed up so high.

HUIUNGAK SHELTER

CURRENT LOCATION

WHERE THEY'LL GO

The downhill is endless.

We came up this way?

I can't believe we made it up this far.

-[Dowoon] Unbelievable.
-[Car] Amazing, right?

-[Dowoon] Definitely.
-[Tarzzan] How did we make it?

[Car] It's blowing my mind.

THEY CROSS THE STEEP AREA

[Hyeon-yong] The steep part
is pretty much over.

That was the steepest part
we hiked earlier.

[Chae-min] Really?

Remember when we took pictures
and took a break?

Yeah.

THEY FACE THE VERY STEEP PATH AGAIN

If we're already there,
then we're moving fast.

[Hyeon-yong] We're moving
very fast right now.

-We didn't stop.
-True.



Oh, seriously.

Why do people go up?

HE SUDDENLY ASKS A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION

I just don't understand.

I don't think we'll ever know,
even after the show ends.

I want to ride a sled.

[Tarzzan] I wish some Siberian Huskies
would just pull us down in a sled.

You start thinking of cheats.

"Oh, I should just stick a ski
in my backpack next time

and just ski down the mountain."

It wasn't all that tiring, actually.
It was just annoying.

I hate being bored,
and I always have to do something new.

When we were coming up,
everything was new and exciting.

I was in awe.
But going down, everything was annoying.

Also, it felt three times longer
than it actually is.

Ah, this is nice.
Flat ground feels so good.

[Car] Oh, yeah.

It's a fleeting moment of happiness.

[laughter]

-We're on the happy path right now.
-[Tarzzan] Happy path?

I definitely prefer flat to downhill.

Good, hope it stays this way.

[Tarzzan] I don't think
that's going to happen.

Seriously, please.
Just stay calm and stay flat.

Mountain. Please.

Are there mountains that aren't rocky?

[Tarzzan] There's a lot, Car.

The "ak" in the mountain's name
means "rock," apparently.

-Like Chiaksan?
-[Dowoon] Yeah

[Tarzzan] The "ak" mountains are tough.

ENTERING THE SECTION
WHICH MAKES THEM SCREAM "AK"

A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF ROCKS AND ICE

CHAE-MIN WALKS BACKWARD

TARZZAN JUMPS OVER IT

ADJUSTING HIS SAGGING PANTS

[Chae-min] Oh, it's these stairs.

Oh, my legs are k*lling me.

-[laughs]
-[Car] Wow.

[Hyeon-yong] You remember Cheondang Falls?

Why does he keep telling us
about Cheondang Falls?

LAUGHING

[Hyeon-yong]
This is Yangpok Shelter from before.

-Let's drink some water and rest.
-[Chae-min] Oh, sounds good.

TURNING AROUND

-You okay?
-[Dowoon] What?

-You good?
-[Dowoon] Yeah.

A SWEET GUY

-I don't think you're okay, Car.
-[Car] How can you tell?

I am not okay.

YANGPOK SHELTER

THEY ARRIVE AT YANGPOK SHELTER

Wow, we came down
from that high up? Insane.

Where were we before?

[Chae-min] Almost over that peak.

We went around,
and over that peak, I think?

I don't know.



[Car] I'm in so much trouble
when this comes out.

I whine so much,
I'm screwed when people see this.

HE REGRETS WHINING

[Chae-min] Man, my legs needed that rest.

-[crew] Excuse me.
-Car, get a hold of yourself.

Your eyes look empty.

-I'm a little sad.
-[laughs]

Dowoon, you okay?

Yeah, I'm feeling great.

Hey, Dowoon's a simple-- He's fine.

-[Chae-min] A simpleton?
-No, I said he's simply fine.

[laughter]

-[Hyeon-yong] Did you diss him?
-[Car] Dowoon is simply fine.

FALLING DOWN

[Chae-min] Careful.

-Oh, it's cold.
-You okay?

[Tarzzan] Yeah, I'm fine.

Be careful.
You know how much you're worth?

[Car] Yeah.

How much is it?

[Tarzzan] Actually, I don't know.

ADJUSTING HIS SAGGING PANTS AGAIN

Wow, those pants, man.

They look uncomfortable.

[Tarzzan] Isn't this
where my hat flew off?

[Chae-min] Yeah, it is.

[Car] It is. From here,
I can see how far up we came.

[Chae-min] We hiked up so far.

[dramatic music playing]

ARRIVED AT GWIMYEONAM ROCK


THEY STILL HAVE ABOUT 4.5 KM LEFT

Wow, I thought we were almost there.

Let's hurry.

AFTER A QUICK BREAK, THEY SET OFF AGAIN.

-[Tarzzan] Where my hat flew off.
-[Chae-min] This wind is insane.

I think we're almost at the ground.

I think we'll come across
the hiking trail soon.

-[Tarzzan] Like a loop trail?
-Yeah.

Oh, we're almost there. Just kidding.

I think we're almost there.

[Chae-min] Yeah.

[Tarzzan] Wow, no snow anymore.

GETTING TRICKED BY EVERY FLAT GROUND

REMOVING CRAMPONS

-We got this!
-[Hyeon-yong] Let's go.

CHEERING THEMSELVES UP FOR THE LAST SPURT

If we had an hour left,
we wouldn't have cheered like that.

We'd be like, "Ugh, another hour."

THEY DO HAVE 1 HOUR MORE TO GO

It feels weird without the crampons,
all of a sudden.

It feels endless.

[Tarzzan] Why do I want
to walk on flat ground so much?

But like, is this actually
the beginner mountain?

-No, it's not.
-Oh, seriously.

-No way is this a beginner trail.
-There's no way.

ChatGPT said it's definitely not.

Right? That would make no sense.

It said that for us to go to Huiungak

isn't impossible, but it strongly
recommended that we didn't go.

And what are they gonna air anyway?

Right? That's what I was wondering.

-Our snacks and meals
-I'm so curious.

WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW

Oh, I hate stepping on rocks now.

-I want to get back on flat ground.
-I hate these rocks so much.

Look, I want to kick these rocks
as hard as I freaking can, you know?

But obviously
I'd just hurt myself if I did.

-Right.
-Yeah. Seriously.

I just want to hit it.

-I want to hit it so bad.
-Oh, man.

For real.

-Wow.
-Wow.

[Car] Dowoon, that Buddha place
is coming up, the statue.

[Dowoon] We're here.

THE TRAIL IS NEARBY

[Tarzzan] I'm so happy to see it.

-[Chae-min] Finally.
-[Dowoon] We finally escaped. Wow.

We're here!

AFTER ABOUT 3 HOURS OF DESCENDING,
THEY ARRIVE AT THE FLAT PATH

It's flat.

[all exclaim]

Wow, flat ground. It's been forever.

Right?

TRIPPING

[Car] The rock ended up tripping me again.

[Tarzzan] Oh.

Seriously, the camera crew is amazing.

-Agreed, the camera crew is awesome.
-They're remarkable, for real.

-[Car] And the audio director too.
-[Chae-min] Yeah.

Please.

I hope they say: "You all did a great job.
But this isn't actually a hiking show.

We're just going to places
with "san" in the name.

Next time, we'll go to Busan." Right?

Ulsan, Busan, Masan.

"Next, we're headed to Ulsan."

A VERY WRONG ASSUMPTION

They just wanted to make us mad first.

TURNING AROUND

[Dowoon] It's okay.
Go on ahead. It's fine.

Just go.

I mean, they were walking fast.

I'm fine.

I want everyone to be comfortable,
so if they want to go fast, they should.

I decided to take my time.

But then the path just kept going.

Was it always this far?

For real.

-On tour--
-Man, why do my legs keep giving out?

[Car] Oh, now I'm really at my limit.

Why does this path feel so endless?

-Did someone stretch this out?
-We should be seeing Buddha by now.

-I know.
-He should appear any minute.

This place is just too much.

It's time. Appear.

We should've seen Buddha
at that point, but we didn't.

Ugh, I'm Catholic, but I just
wanted Buddha. Seriously. Please.

I'm a Christian,
but I couldn't wait to see Buddha. Yeah.

-Wow, where is this Buddha statue?
-Seriously.

Okay, stop it. That's enough.

Like, where did the Buddha statue go?
No one moved it, right?

-Oh, man
-How could someone move the Buddha statue?

Someone must have moved it.
I'm sure of it.

NOBODY MOVED IT

I want to end this show on a good note.

[all laugh]

Me and the production company
should be on great terms

when it's all said and done.

Let's go to Tarzzan's house

and eat.

Then we can play "Guess Which Celebrity
This Is" with my parents.

Let's play games with your parents.

I want to be on Earth Arcade.

Seriously.

-Seriously.
-I'm so jealous of them.

If I remember right,
they're always smiling.

-Exactly.
-Right?

-Yeah.
-Young-ji always had a smile on her face.

Our producer also looked happy, too.

That's true.

But today,
he looked like he was sick of it.

[laughs]

[Chae-min] Oh, there it is, I see it.

THEY FINALLY ENCOUNTER THE BUDDHA STATUE

He was just hiding from us earlier.

-I think he did tell us not to go.
-Why didn't he stop us?

We're here. We made it.

Look. This one's long too.

-Wait, wasn't this the end?
-That's what I'm saying.

-Like, the entrance was over here.
-Wait. Didn't we meet here?

[chill music playing]

[Tarzzan] Okay, we're here.

[Car] You all went through so much.

-[Chae-min] Great job.
-[Tarzzan] Great job!

[Car] Yeah, nice work.

-[Chae-min] Oh, wow.
-[Car] This is ridiculous.

Q. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
ON YOUR FIRST HIKE?

I did it.

Honestly, I was pretty afraid
going into this hike.

I didn't completely break down.
You know? Smash myself?

Anyway, even though I didn't do that,

the fact that I took this big step forward
with the hike is important to me.

So I'm super grateful for that.

It was hard and exhausting,

but it was also therapeutic, I think.

It felt very healing.

Bring poles, and the balaclava,
don't forget that.

The brand doesn't matter.

K2, Salomon, whatever.

I was appointed hike president, sure,

but Car, the Garden definitely
showcased a lot of leadership.

I honestly didn't think he'd be able
to make it all the way to the top.

It was a struggle for all of us, I think.

But we worked through it,
and ended on a good note.

[Hyeon-yong] Why on earth
do you think people go hiking?

That's what I want to know.

I think the title is spot on.

Why on earth do people go hiking?

I don't know. No idea.

When you go hiking,
it does clear the mind.

It exhausts you.

I read something in the hiking
guide book before we left.

It said that modern society
has a way of exhausting us so much

that it hides a part of us…

Some sort of beast?

Our barbarism? Not barbarism.

It was something like, I forget.

Oh, wildness? Our wild life?

THE ANSWER IS "WILD NATURE"

It's like hiking is
an activity that awakens

some sort of primal sense within us.

That's what I read.

But I don't know what that means.

On the contrary, I think…

More exhausted, honestly. I'm less awake.

[server] This is super hot, so be careful.

-I'll grill it this time
-Wait, what are you doing?

WHEN YOU FEEL DOWN, EAT MEAT

THE FIRST MEAL AFTER DESCENDING
IS BEEF RIBS

WITH TOP 2 JJIGAES,
DOENJANG JJIGAE AND KIMCHI JJIGAE

THE TABLE IS DEAD SILENT

I am completely drained.

I can barely speak.

I can't form sentences.

I didn't think I could eat,
but this is good.

We were all just too cold
when we ate earlier.

We need to decide on a name
for our hiking club.

-[Chae-min] All right.
-Our club name?

Descend?

-Descend?
-Descend!

-Oh, that's good.
-[Hyeon-yong] What?

-Descend.
-Descend Hiking Club.

-Descend.
-Why?

-[Chae-min] I don't know.
-[Car] Because we like to descend.

[Yung-suk] We asked why people hike,
and you're saying just to descend?

To descend.

"Descend Club" like "Deadmen Club"?

I mean, I guess so.

SATISFIED WITH THE DOUBLE MEANING

"Descend Club" is good.

-Descend Club.
-Sounds weak. I like it.

HE IS VERY SELF-AWARE

DESCEND CLUB FORMED

[Yung-suk] All right, then. Descend Club.

Today was our field training
and a general fitness test.

Everyone, all four of you,
passed the test.

[Hyeon-yong] Congratulations.

CONGRATULATIONS, DESCEND CLUB

[Hyeon-yong] Congratulations!

The first quest is about to begin.
So everyone, be prepared.

Your first official quest for the show…

-[bleep]
-What?

-[bleep]
-What?



[Tarzzan] I feel like my hands
are freezing, seriously.

[Car] My hands are frozen.

[Dowoon] There's no shelter?

Oh, who cares about the quest?

To be honest, I'd kind of given up.

-Well, let's go.
-[Car] Let's hurry up and then rest.

-Okay.
-Okay.

I'm a little nervous about this one.

[Dowoon] Okay, guys,
let's give it our best shot.

[Tarzzan] Yeah, guys, let's go.

We got this.

I was so nervous.
I thought, if we've come this far

and end up failing in the end…

[sighs]

-[Car] I can't.
-[Chae-min] What?

[Car] I don't think I can do this show.
I'm serious.

[Chae-min] Car, for real?

[closing theme song playing]