■ People and People - Kids, Be Like Baekdudaegan In the 'one-child era', our children grow up to be 'princes' and 'prinses' without exception. Children who grow up like greenhouse flowers have weak willpower and do not learn how to live together. In such a situation, there are fathers who have suggested hiking the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range. The winter mountains are swept by bitter winds, and the steep cliff paths test patience. Why do fathers tell their children to go on this arduous path, and what do they hope their children will learn through hiking the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range? ■ Baekdudaegan Mountain Range 701km, 1 Year 7 Months Long Journey 'Young fathers' such as Kim Dong-ho and Jang Heung-yeop who live in Bundang are challenging the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range with their 1st year middle school children. The Baekdudaegan Mountain Climb, which began in March 2016, is a grand journey that is divided into '39 stages' and will last a full 1 year and 7 months until October 2017. The fathers each take on the roles of the hiking leader, planning leader, education leader, front leader, and rear leader and carry out the hike. It is a challenge for the fathers to climb Baekdudaegan without fail despite their busy work lives. What changes will the children show and what growth will the fathers experience as fathers through the 1 year and 7 month challenge? ■ A path that cannot be walked alone, but can be walked together This is the 21st Baekdudaegan hike, the Beoljae-Jeosuryeong section of Mt. Sobaek. It was -13 degrees Celsius that day, and strong winds blew in along with a bitter cold wave. On the way down to the destination, the photographer, Mr. Eom Seong-beom, stopped walking. He could no longer continue the hike due to an unknown cause, whether it was a leg fracture or a muscle tear. At this time, the 12 leaders gathered together like a large family, made a stretcher, and responded to the emergency situation. If they had come alone or with only their families, it would have been difficult to gather strength in this emergency situation. Ms. Jeon Seong-hee, who participated in the hike that day, said, “I was able to continue the hike for 21 times not because I walked on my own feet, but because I rode on the footsteps of my friends.” Countless crises, steep peaks, and steep peaks… Even if you couldn’t go alone, you can go together. ■ Life’s ‘straight peaks’, no exceptions If you’ve missed even one section in the 1 year and 7 month long journey that repeats every other week, you must complete that section as a supplementary hike to be recognized as complete. There are no exceptions. Life is the same. Peak after peak. Even if trials test your limits, you can’t seize the opportunity without overcoming the crisis. Public relations director Jang Heung-yeop decides to do a supplementary hike with his son Jun-ha for his daughter Yun-ha, who failed to pass the first hike section of Jirisan Nochiri~Tonganjae. The weather forecast predicted the coldest day of the winter, and people around him began to dissuade him. This section is particularly rough enough that you have to climb the rock face with a rope. Will Jun-ha and Yun-ha be able to pass this section safely without giving in to the ordeals of the winter mountain? Jun-ha experiences three crises and conflicts during the hike. At this time, his father, Jang Heung-yeop, says, “The power to overcome your own limitations will be the greatest power in life.” ■ It’s okay to get lost, the road will eventually take you there The 20th Baekdudaegan hike is the Daegwallyeong section of Seoraksan Mountain, which takes 1 night and 2 days. It’s a long hike of 27 km that requires climbing to Dakmoknyeong, Daegwallyeong, and Maebong. On the second day to Maebong, it snows and thick fog obscures the view. The group that was climbing the mountain in a long line ends up getting lost. The children who were diligently following their fathers and climbing the mountain are somehow upset and frustrated. The children’s complaints burst out, and Ga-hyeon, the youngest in the group, bursts into tears. But they have a goal of Maebongsan Mountain, 1,173 meters above sea level. The group and the children could not stop walking towards that goal. In life, there are times when we get lost in a dead end alley where we cannot see even an inch ahead in the fog. What would the fathers want to say to their children at such times? 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