(Is hiking good for you?)
(Um Hong Gil overcame various obstacles in his life.)
(Heo Ji Woong defeated his illness.)
(Will it be a moving documentary on Radio Star?)
(This is Radio Star. Be funny!)
(Increase the tension.)
(Wait, that's an outdated personal talent.)
(Gu Ra is very critical.)
(They give up.)
(They accelerate with an honest talk without filters.)
(Radio Star is fun when you get offensive.)
(Yuk Joong Wan is narcissistic.)
(When offended by surprise, )
(he holds himself back by climbing with laughter.)
(What will be the result of climbing with laughter?)
(Those Who Climb over Mountains starts now.)
(Episode 640 Special)
- Hand in hand - We have to hold hands.
Climb over casting
- Stop making a face. - Welcome, celebrities.
Radio Star's mountains aren't high.
Our priority is the MC.
Let's do it again.
- Hand in hand - Hand in hand
- Just stop. - Climb over Gu Ra
That's great.
Every week,
I climb over a big mountain named Kim Gu Ra.
- That's a big mountain. - I try to avoid his nagging.
I try to stop his talk about Incheon.
When will I get to climb over Gu Ra...
- and reach the peak? - All right.
Hand in hand
- That's an old story. - Climb over the recording
Every week, I climb over a mountain called recording.
I cut long talks mercilessly.
Let's move on quickly once we say something funny.
Joong Wan, respond to what I said.
Hold my hand.
Hand in hand
- What's wrong with you? - Climb over regular members
Why do you keep doing something unnecessary?
- We have to do it. - It's not bad.
I hope to become a regular MC on the show.
I don't know if it's possible.
However, don't I look...
extremely funny?
(Comedians would be jealous of his looks.)
You raised a lot of hair that you don't have.
- Yes. - He really did.
Before I come to Radio Star,
I do my makeup in the waiting room.
- Did you do something else today? - Today...
- I got my makeup in Cheongdam-dong. - Is that so?
They used half a bottle of hair powder.
- Really? - All right.
From small hills to dangerous high mountains,
we climb over all mountains every week.
This is Going Through Mountains of high quality.
- This is Radio Star. - Radio Star.
Joong Wan.
Did you put hair powder in your hair?
- He looks like a big bear. - I know.
(Bulky)
It's the first time that Gu Ra looks smaller.
You look smaller.
- You look adorable. - Really?
You're so cute.
(He's cute.)
Today we have four guests...
who endured and climbed over high mountains in life.
Those Who Climb over Mountains Special.
He's the first to climb the 16 highest points on Earth.
- He's unbelievable. - He's the BTS of mountaineers.
He dies for mountains.
He lives for mountains.
He climbs over real mountains.
This is Um Hong Gil.
His hobby is climbing mountains.
His profession is climbing over higher mountains...
called business.
He was a comedian, and now he runs a jjamppong restaurant.
This is Lee Bong Won.
We thought he finally conquered "Mom's Diary".
He also overcame cancer in a year.
His life is full of events. This is Writer Heo Ji Woong.
(Congratulations on getting well, Writer Heo Ji Woong)
She appeared on "Master's Sun", "Go Back Couple"...
- "Alhambra". - "Alhambra".
- I'm tired of it. - Is it written in English?
Is it written in English?
She was in "Memories of the Alhambra".
She was in many hit dramas.
Her name was the most searched keyword many times.
However, I don't know who she is.
Will she finally be recognized today?
This is Actress Han Bo Reum.
It's nice to meet you.
- Hello. - Welcome.
It's nice to meet you.
- Hello. - Welcome.
- Hello. - Hello, it's nice to meet you.
Um Hong Gil.
I heard that...
you're climbing the 17th peak these days.
Yes.
I started climbing the Himalayas since 1985.
I made 38 attempts.
I've climbed over 16 peaks for 22 years.
- I see. - After that,
since 2010 I've been building schools in the remote areas...
in the mountain.
- Schools. - I built a school...
every year until December of last year.
I founded 15 schools in total.
It's the 17th peak in my life.
Is that your 17th peak?
It's my 17th peak.
When he wakes up in the morning,
Hong Gil runs up and down Mount Dobong.
- Is that his short walk? - He takes a walk in Mount Dobong.
Mountaineers at Mount Dobong say that...
you own an outdoor clothing store in Mount Dobong.
I don't own any stores.
- It's wrong information. - What's wrong with you?
When you go to Mount Dobong,
- people talk. - Right.
They say that it's owned by Um Hong Gil.
People think that everything related to mountains is his.
Did you know about that?
They say that Mount Dobong belongs to Hong Gil.
People don't say that.
People don't say...
such extreme things.
- He was only joking. - Right.
All right.
Did you change your mind many times after being invited to this show?
When I come to the show,
I should say something funny.
I don't know how to be funny.
Everyone knows.
- Right. - Everyone knows.
- We don't have much expectation. - Being here reminds me of...
how I felt looking at a peak of 8,000m in front of me.
- Is that so? - Yes.
- On Radio Star? - I understand.
I feel slightly dizzy.
I feel dizzy and frustrated.
How old are you?
Bong Won, aren't you similar in age?
- He's three years older than me. - I knew it.
You're near Lee Gyeong Gyu's age.
That's correct.
Then...
we can be more casual with you.
Right?
Bong Won.
Do you see your wife only on weekends for the last year?
I'm running a jjamppong restaurant in Cheonan.
It's been almost a year.
It's closed on Mondays,
so I come back home every Monday.
Do you really come home every Monday?
I don't when I play golf.
I usually come back home and go back on Tuesday.
I spoke with Park Mi Sun on the phone...
a few months ago.
- She seemed very satisfied. - About what?
- About our relationship? - Yes.
You seemed very content as a couple.
It's not completely true.
Before I ran a jjamppong restaurant,
I saw her once a week when we lived together.
It's always been that way.
I heard that they don't see each other often.
I heard that you had a problem with your lower back.
I opened my jjamppong restaurant last year.
I was cooking for about three months.
- It's because you kept cooking. - Yes.
I had a problem,
- so I got an operation. - Really?
- Are you okay now? - I have metal in my back.
- There's metal in my back. - I see.
I became Iron Man.
I have metal in my back.
Recently I hurt my leg while playing baseball.
- I got metal in my leg. - I heard that.
I hurt my eye while diving, so I have metal in my eye.
- He's really Iron Man. - I got two implants.
- I'm completely Iron Man. - Right.
(He sacrificed his whole body to become a hero.)
I was born in 1979,
and I grew up watching "Humor 1st Street".
That's right.
- I was his huge fan. - Right.
He has many male fans.
- Most of my fans are men. - Right.
Old ladies hit me.
When they pass me, they hit me without any reason.
- Just because? - "You'd better be good."
- What do you mean? - Good at what?
Isn't it because...
you spent a lot of your money?
It's none of your business that I spend my own money.
Still,
you have a family.
You shouldn't say that.
Stop talking to my wife.
He told you to stop.
(I'm responsible for keeping peace at home.)
Ji Woong, I heard that you're going through a period of humility.
I'm doing the hardest exercise...
- that I ever did in my life. - What is it?
- It's yoga. - Yoga?
- Are you practicing yoga? - Among yoga practices,
I started practicing Ashtanga yoga.
It's close to being tormented.
I feel like I'm paying to be tormented.
It's very difficult.
- Tell us about it. - He's holding a yoga mat.
He's so hardworking.
- Are you demonstrating? - We didn't ask him,
- but he brought a yoga mat. - He said that it was difficult.
It's already hard.
People who practiced for six months say that...
they practiced only for a month.
They do a good job of demonstrating it.
I only practiced it for one month.
Show us what you practiced for a month.
I'll show you one position.
We aren't asking for more.
- Of course not. - It's been mentioned.
- I heard Gu Ra practices pilates. - He looks stronger.
- That's right. - He practices pilates.
- You have to do it with me. - Really?
I'll give it a try.
I practiced pilates for six months.
- It's a crow pose. - Crow pose?
- You're dressed like a crow. - I know.
He just needs to fly.
(He attaches his knees.)
Put the arms out.
Put your knees to the armpits as close as possible.
Don't use your arm strength.
- Use your abs. - The core?
- Yes. - Fly.
(Fly)
(Astonished)
(Spread your wings, crow)
(Fly high)
(Up on the mat)
- That's so hard to do. - It is.
(The crow flies.)
- You're good at it. - You really are.
Is that hard to do?
- Of course! - You try.
- I'll do it. - Why?
- We'll watch. - Gosh, he...
- I think... - Since you said it looks easy.
- Will you be all right? - Well, this looks...
- It will work for him. - Is it...
- Is this how you do it? - What?
What? It works!
- Put your knees here. - Stay still!
- Why can he do it? - See? I can do it.
- Everyone can do that! - You shouldn't use your arms.
- This is... - I'll try it, then.
- Everyone can do it! - I know.
He's Kim Pila
He's been doing pilates for a long time.
It can be hard for heavier people.
(He carefully gets into position.)
(Let's fly, Kim Pila.)
(Focused)
(Fly, Kim Pila.)
He can't.
- Put your legs up. - That won't do.
- Come on. - He's struggling.
You look very attractive.
- Gosh, you look attractive. - Your legs.
- Should I hold them up? - Put your legs up.
- Why are you watching from there? - I mean...
Why are you watching from there?
- Are you a seesaw? - He looks like a calf.
- Gosh, that's hard. - It's hard.
It is.
I've never seen him tremble so much.
- I don't even do yoga. - He's a crow.
I saw you getting personal training...
on your social media account.
I really wanted to exercise while I was sick,
but they wouldn't let me do anything.
I thought what they told me at the hospital...
was meaningless and just for my safety.
So I exercised at home...
and I had to be hospitalized in the aseptic room for a month.
Really?
- Like the rooms in the movies. - Yes.
I was put on an IV drip...
with a skull marked on it.
- It was an aseptic room. - So...
I started exercising as soon as my treatments were over.
I felt so incredibly happy.
Yes, I heard about that.
Bo Reum, Radio Star scares you more...
than swimming with sharks?
When I had to go to the jungle...
- Oh, yes. - I saw that.
I wasn't nervous...
- about having to suffer. - You're good at using your body?
You're okay with suffering physically?
- But whenever I come to talk shows, - Yes.
I get so nervous.
- I went on "Happy Together", - Yes.
and I even heard a ringing in my ears.
- Really? - You even heard a ringing?
- I couldn't think of anything. - Okay.
Park Myung Soo was trying to help me out,
so he gave me a nudge, saying, "Say something."
- Did you collapse? - I got back to my senses.
So if I zone out, it will be nice if you can hit me.
(It is a tough prescription.)
Ji Woong should do it, then.
Can you peck her with your beak?
Since you're a crow.
Bo Reum,
you said that the trendsetter for best friend chat rooms is here?
- Yes. - Who is it?
Young Mi.
- Me? - Yes.
Are you in the same chat room?
- Of course not. - No, I have a chat room...
with some of my close actress friends.
- Eom Hyun Kyung, Choi Yoon Young, - Oh, Eom Hyun Kyung.
and Lee Joo Woo.
We got close while shooting a drama together.
We enjoy talking about dirty things.
We love her sense of humor,
so we always share memes of her in the chat room.
Young Mi is really good at it.
- We love it. - I have my maniac fans.
- Yes, you do. - Do girls also like dirty jokes?
- Sure, of course! - Of course.
Did you only realize that now?
I thought girls didn't do that.
Have you never...
shared that kind of talk with your wife?
- Never. - Really?
- We've never done that. - He said never.
Is it just rare, or what?
I really don't like that.
I'm conservative.
Gosh, he's so uptight!
- Are you conservative? - Yes.
(Lee Bong Won, Believes in isolation for dirty talk)
Bong Won, you got a sincere appreciation...
- from Gu Ra? - Yes.
We were close since those days when he wasn't famous.
- Yes, we hung out a lot. - I really...
I didn't do much for him.
You don't even do much for your wife.
Why would you do anything for me?
- Yes. - I don't even expect much!
You're very consistent.
Be good to your wife.
I couldn't do much, so I always felt bad.
He treated me to drink a lot.
I was very grateful, because...
I used to be a producer. He was in our company.
- B1 Entertainment. - Yes.
You ran so many businesses.
- What's your problem? - Be quiet!
Don't mention it!
Sure.
He did countless jobs, Joong Wan.
So, our company went down.
I told him, "It ended up going down."
"I'm sorry."
"You can fly away now." and he said, "Thanks, Bong Won."
- For letting him go. - Thank you.
- Thank you for letting him go. - Thank you so much.
- As soon as he was free, - No way.
- No way. - he started soaring.
- No way. - We all have our time.
Bong Won and Choi Yang Rak...
- were the top two comedians... - Of course.
for the early days of SBS.
- Whenever we had a get-together, - Yes.
not that many people sat in front of Yang Rak.
But there were tons of people in front of Bong Won.
It turns out that Yang Rak...
stares at people when he's making his jokes.
That's right!
He keeps watching...
and telling his jokes!
It can't be so funny after a few hours!
But he keeps watching and asking, "Isn't that funny?"
- So people got exhausted, - You're right.
and they started to leave. But Bong Won...
is busy listening to other people.
- He quietly listens. - He's a listener.
Yang Rak might be upset if he sees this.
This is just what your juniors felt.
They are both amazing people.
They get tired of it...
because they heard it last week, but he tells it again.
They're afraid he might say, "Isn't that funny?"
(They had to force out laughs for 4 days.)
- They have to keep laughing. - We have to keep laughing.
Even Bong Won stopped calling him later on.
(No wonder.)
(Caught)
You are watching a high-end music program,
Radio Star, with four people...
who are climbing the Himalayas of their own lives.
Let's begin the topic for today, "Those Who Climb over Mountains".
Hong Gil, you're the first...
You're the first in the world to scale all 16 peaks of the Himalayas.
And now, you don't even look at mountains over 8,000m?
There are still times...
when I still feel a sudden urge.
I do want to climb,
but I was...
very thankful to the Lord...
that I was allowed...
to even finish climbing the Himalayas.
I would've been buried...
in those mountains,
but I was allowed to fulfill my dreams and come back safely...
so I can do something else.
I think I was reminded of that.
- So you can... - Yes.
Hong Gil, when you conquered the Himalayas,
you said there were three items you always packed?
I packed... Since I'm Korean,
- I brought our national flag. - Yes.
- Since I had to wave it at the top. - Of course.
- Yes. - So the national flag, and...
Whenever we go on an expedition,
- it costs so much. - It does.
It costs a lot.
- It costs a lot. - Yes.
So we need the flag of the company that sponsored us.
I'm sure you had several.
(Must-have item 2, flags of sponsors)
- I'm sure you had several. - You need to take that.
You didn't take the pictures with all of them out.
No, we took them separately.
They wouldn't like that if he had three at the same time.
- The national flag, - Yes.
- and the company's flag. - The company's flag.
Up to how many did you take when you were up there?
Have you taken a dozen or what?
I think that's how many.
That must be hard to do.
- Taking the pictures must be hard. - It must be.
It's okay when the weather is nice,
but if it's windy,
it gets really difficult.
I even had to draw it once.
Really?
- You drew it? - I forgot to pack it.
- I left it behind, - You drew it?
so we had to draw a sign.
"I'm sorry, sir."
(He has to climb 8,000m to go back and get it.)
- "I left it." - Like a quiz show.
"I forgot about it."
- That, and what else? - A camera.
- Since I need to leave proof. - Yes.
- It's very important. - For the sponsorship pictures?
Of course. No, I mean...
That and the picture of the peak.
He takes a picture with the national flag first,
- and then the sponsorship pictures. - Yes.
- It costs a lot. - It does.
The fee to climb the Everest is quite expensive, isn't it?
- It is. - It costs tens of thousands.
- "Tens of thousands of dollars"? - Yes.
- That's the resource for Nepal. - Yes.
Mount Everest...
- stretches across two countries. - Yes.
Half of it is in Nepal and the other half is in China.
The fee is different for each country.
With Nepal,
it cost 13,000 dollars up until this spring.
- That's a lot. - Right.
But this spring, there were a lot of accidents...
- in the Everest, - Yes.
and many people started swarming in,
so there were many problems...
with the climbing.
So the Nepal government made some new rules.
Each person has to pay 40,000 dollars.
- What? - They raised it?
They raised the fee instead.
- To climb a mountain? - You can't climb it without money.
It costs 40,000 dollars...
That's so expensive.
- But money isn't all you need. - Of course.
You need...
experience of climbing 6,500m.
- Sure. - In addition?
- Since they can't risk an accident. - Yes.
And you need a checkup.
- In addition? - You need a doctor's note.
Is there a cheaper way to get in?
- Instead of 40,000 dollars? - You can go through China.
Do you think this is a market?
I'm sure there's a way.
- Please give me a discount. - Maybe there is.
(Flustered)
Bong Won is climbing...
the mountains of business his whole life.
You even cleaned up someone's store so you can open a jjamppong place?
- I actually love jjamppong. - That's right.
People who like to drink love it.
Jjamppong is great for hangovers.
There's a famous jjamppong place in Yeonsinnae.
I always eat there.
I didn't have many shows that time,
so I thought I should open a jjamppong place.
So I thought...
Since I was a regular there for three years,
I should ask them for their recipe.
- So I went there. - Okay.
- Did they teach you? - I just asked them to teach me.
They said no and told me to leave.
But I really...
wanted to learn from them for a month.
So I just said I'll serve the food, so I did that.
I just worked as their server.
- I worked for 4 or 5 days straight, - Yes.
and the oldest sister told me to see her for a minute.
They were three sisters.
She said, "Come to the kitchen for a minute."
She told me to come to the kitchen.
My goodness.
She said, "Watch carefully," and started to teach me.
How long did you learn there?
- I learned for a month. - A month?
I worked as a server and learned in between...
during my break time.
So is the taste...
- Is it the same? - the same?
Were you able to complete it?
- It's almost the same. - "Almost"?
I made the noodles, and I have to make...
people try it out, right?
The mother passed it down to them. It's a mother and three daughters.
The head cook, the oldest daughter, tried it.
- She said it was good. - It was good enough?
And the mother tried it next.
She said, "This is good. Sell it."
- That hits the spot. Nice. - Right. So...
You said that you gained something from running the restaurant.
I gained...
my own...
debt. I have debt now.
(Unbelievable)
- You're in debt again? - Yes.
I paid my previous debt a while ago.
- Yes, you settled the debt. - Yes.
- It's amazing that you paid it off. - Exactly.
- It felt empty to not be in debt. - I bet.
- Without the debt? - It felt empty,
and now that I'm in debt again, it motivates me.
- That could have that effect. - It motivates you.
And I have to do it right this time.
(I'm bound to be in debt anyway.)
So Mi Sun doesn't know the story behind your business, does she?
She doesn't know at all. We don't talk about that.
But you're married.
- Should we? Because we're married? - Really?
Here's a thing.
- They're observing each other... - This is driving me crazy.
from a distance.
- Right. - That's scary.
"I see. He's running a restaurant."
"I hope his mess doesn't affect me."
(Honey, but I borrowed a bit of money.)
"Those who Climb over Mountains". Ji Woong conquered...
- a big mountain, his disease. - Yes, that's very impressive.
Last year, you were diagnosed with an advanced stage of lymphoma.
Were there any symptoms about the cancer?
Several years ago,
I would have severe swellings...
and have a fever.
- It was quite severe. - I sweated more than...
- the normal amount. - Really?
And I was very lethargic.
So I thought I had these symptoms because I was getting old.
You didn't suspect that something was wrong with your health?
- It was a lot of work and fatigue. - I never imagined so...
because I rarely went to the hospital.
And I rarely got sick.
I rarely caught a cold.
And I made sure I had a health checkup every year.
- Okay. - But they still didn't detect it?
- I had checkups at big hospitals. - Okay.
They didn't detect it at all.
- Really? - I found out I had cancer...
because of health checkup.
- I mean, I was really sick. - Okay.
But they said that I was perfectly healthy.
- So they didn't find anything? - No, not at all.
- Did they even do their job? - So they said you were fine.
I told them that I had chest pain,
so I wanted to get for some medication for the bronchial tubes.
There was a big university hospital around my house.
I asked them to connect me to the hospital.
That's how I went.
I went and they put in something called contrast medium.
- Yes, contrast medium. - They put that in my body.
And when they took the scan, they found it right away.
They detected it after putting that in.
I thought it wasn't that serious when I went to hear the diagnosis.
Something didn't feel right...
when they asked me to come to the hemato-oncology.
It made me wonder why I was called in to the hemato-oncology.
It wasn't just a regular internal medicine department.
Something didn't feel right.
When I went, the doctor told me...
that I had cancer.
The doctor only suspected it, but the doctor was pretty sure.
From my point of view, I was furious.
- Right. - I can only imagine.
I wanted to be healthy until the day I die.
I always took care of my health.
I went to other clinics.
And I always had health checkups at big hospitals.
- I went to an assigned center. - You got it every year.
- And I got it every year. - Right.
When they drew your blood sample, they didn't see any changes?
Not at all.
- Really? How could that be? - I can't believe it.
I guess you can't see the symptoms. And they show up all of a sudden.
A lot of people get diagnosed by chance.
- My goodness. - Oh, no.
After getting diagnosed, I came out of the office.
(The diagnosis was like a bolt out of the blue sky.)
My legs went weak.
There's a yellow bench in front of the elevator.
I sat down there.
(He was in a daze for some time.)
I was just sitting there.
A part of me didn't believe the diagnosis.
It was my first time coming to a university hospital in my life.
But...
I was diagnosed with cancer on my first trip to this hospital.
Isn't that too harsh?
I get that I might not have had a normal life,
but I couldn't believe they could diagnose me with cancer.
So I was a bit angry.
And I thought if I indeed had cancer...
I didn't have a family I was responsible for.
So as for my assets,
I could give the house and my car to my mom.
And I could give the cash to my younger brother.
I was relieved that I could easily settle this.
I was relieved that it wouldn't be messy compared to my friends.
And when I heard that I really did have cancer,
it became my reality.
I accepted it right away.
You said that there was something you regretted after the diagnosis.
I never signed up for insurance policies.
This cancer is pretty expensive.
It actually said, "high-cost cancer".
It costs a lot of money to treat it.
- Right. I did hear that too. - Yes.
- You need insurance. - I learned about...
- actual insurance coverage then. - You need that insurance policy.
- I found out for the first time. - My sister works in insurance.
- She can help you. - Great.
It didn't cost any money?
Not a cent. My insurance paid for it.
- Really? - The company covered it.
- You didn't have insurance. - But...
- our national insurance is great. - That's true.
I was able to cover the cost myself.
After hearing his story,
I could relate to it.
Professional climbers can't sign up for insurance policies.
- They don't just sell it to you. - No.
- Not at all? - There are careers...
- that can't buy insurance policies. - Right.
- Like stuntmen. - That's right.
- Really? - Professional climber is on it.
- But you're in need of it the most. - Right.
- Some have really dangerous jobs. - Right.
For example, people who work in this industry...
or have jobs related to this field...
- can't sign up for life insurance. - Can people with cancer history...
- sign up for it? - Of course, you can sign up.
- No, if you had cancer, you can't. - No.
- It will just be expensive. - Is that so?
- Probably. - Right now,
- we're promoting insurance. - You can sign up for it.
"Can someone like me sign up too?"
"Get an insurance policy and live..."
- "without any worries." - "Don't worry. We cover everyone."
(Special Clauses of Young Mi Insurance)
You cover everyone?
(I'll sign up, no questions asked.)
- Really? - My goodness.
When other guests were trying to conquer the mountains to survive,
Bo Reum, you were trying to conquer the mountain of making a living.
It took me a long time to make a debut as an actress.
I was a trainee once.
- She was a singer first. - I was a trainee to be a singer.
And I became an actress and tried...
- to become a singer again. - Really?
I kept trying, but it didn't work out.
- She did a lot of things. - I wonder if this wasn't my path.
And this lasted for a long time.
- I debuted on "Dream High". - Right.
Back then, Kim Soo Hyun made a mark as an actor in the drama.
- He became a star. - Right.
But it had also been...
about a decade since he had been trying.
- Since his debut? - Yes.
- Right. - He was obscure for a long time.
- He was in "Kimchi Cheese Smile". - Right.
I always say this with my friends from my group chat.
No matter how hard it is for everyone,
we shouldn't say that things are tough...
until it has been 10 years. We made that promise.
- With each other? - Yes.
After making that promise, we support and rely on each other.
So you didn't spend a lot of money in order to be in this industry?
- No, I didn't spend much money. - That's a relief.
- I didn't do such things. - What do you mean?
- Because I didn't have money. - Don't worry about that.
- In case her parents needed money. - Right. For her parents.
If that was the case, it'd be hard.
She looks much prettier on the screen than in person.
- I've been observing her. - Are you serious?
- Wait. - Is that a compliment or not?
- Just look at the screen. - What are you saying?
You know what? Bo Reum resembles this person.
Sophie Marceau when she was young. Look.
- Look at the screen. - Sophie Marceau.
- When she was young. - Let's look. Zoom in.
- That's true. - They do look alike.
- She looks great on the screen. - She resembles Sophie Marceau?
- She's happy. - She resembles Olivia Hussey.
- She resembles Sophie Marceau. - Right.
- When she came to Korea, - I do see the resemblance.
- I got her autograph. - Right.
- She came to KBS when she was hot. - Really?
- Sophie Marceau came to KBS? - Yes.
- She resembles Choi Su Ji. - They look alike.
- You're right. Yes. - Choi Su Ji...
- She's pretty too. - She resembles Choi Su Ji.
You must be so happy today.
It's a happy day for you.
- You know who they are, right? - Yes.
- By the way, - I'm pretty old too.
just like Bong Won said, you look great on screen.
- She looks much prettier. - She looks great on screen.
- She resembles a lot of people. - Right.
I look better in person than on screen.
- You look the same. - Okay.
(Young Mi never changes.)
In order to survive in this industry,
you said you put on an act a lot.
Well,
when I auditioned for roles,
I would put on an act in order to get the roles.
I see. You were overly chatty. But you weren't like that before.
Actually, I auditioned for another role in "Go Back Couple".
But there was a role I wanted.
So after my audition,
I asked the director why I didn't read lines for that role.
I said I wanted to give it a try.
He told me that the role I wanted...
had to be a good dancer.
- She was a cheerleader. - Right. She was.
I told the director that I could a tiny bit better than...
what he considered to be good.
- You were bold. - When I told him that...
- My gosh. - Yes, you ought to do that.
- She can talk. - Right.
- You can talk like that here too. - Right.
When I auditioned for "Memories of the Alhambra"...
The role I auditioned for was an alcoholic.
- I'm an alcoholic. - You said you used to drink a lot.
(Acting pretentious)
- You know... - I've had hand tremors for a while.
(Shaking)
- "I can still do it." - Now?
- "Just give me the drink anytime." - I said I could do it whenever.
That's a nice attitude. That's pretty nice.
- And the director really liked it. - Right.
- Really? - Right. She makes people trust her.
- "I'm the alcoholic." - She took initiatives.
Right. She needs to take initiatives.
Some directors wouldn't like that. It can go either way.
- Right. Some people don't like it. - And you got lucky.
Some directors don't like that.
Bong Joon Ho would have hated it.
- He wouldn't have liked it. - You know how he'd feel?
- Yes. - What about Bong Man Dae?
Why are you bringing him up now?
(Laughing)
- They have the same last name. - Their last names are Bongs.
- Why would you bring that up? - They have the same last name.
- And they are both directors. - My goodness.
And he stopped filming erotic films.
Why would you bring him up?
He's trying to make proper films now.
- I know that. - Right.
- So that's a relief. - Why?
- Bo Reum. - What's the difference?
You were the wife of famous actors in the dramas,
so you could have been friends with them,
but you are not close with them at all?
It's because we have never talked face to face like this.
So you never got to meet Hyun Bin?
I've had only one scene with him.
I only had to look at him when he was in bed.
That was the only scene we had together.
I see. That was when he closed his eyes.
- He should have woken up. - Right.
And as for So Ji Sub,
- I was his dead wife. - Oh, no.
He filmed all the scenes with Kong Hyo Jin.
And when they left,
- I would be watching them. - You just watched at them?
My gosh.
- She can't be friends with them. - It's impossible.
- It's impossible. - But...
Because you're on the same show, it doesn't mean you become friends.
I'm not that close with Young Mi either. I'm serious.
I don't even want that.
- This is strictly business. - What's he talking about?
("Laborhood on Hire")
Do you two drink together?
- No. - Come on.
- I invited him out many times. - Gu Ra doesn't drink a lot.
- But he won't drink with me. - Here's why.
And you said you wouldn't drink with me either.
- I said that? When? - Yes.
You said that you heard about me.
Yes, that did happen.
I don't know what people are saying about me.
- Your drinking habit is awful. - What is it?
My gosh, you're so small-minded.
Come on.
You should correct your habit and approach him.
What are you talking about?
That's nonsense.
She's great.
Hong Gil, one time, you climbed down the mountain...
at 7,600m with just 1 leg.
- What? - It was in 1998.
- I went to Annapurna. - Annapurna.
- Isn't that famous? - Yes, it is.
- I've been to the base camp. - Right.
Bong Won has been there.
Among the 16 highest peaks of 8-thousanders,
Annapurna was the one...
- I failed to conquer the most. - Annapurna.
- Park Young Seok died there. - Right, he did.
- Annapurna. - I went to climb it...
four times, but failed.
And I conquered it on my fifth hike.
On my third hike, I lost one of my colleagues.
When I lowered my head and looked up,
my colleague in front of me disappeared.
- He fell into the hidden crack. - Really?
We were walking on the snowy path, 30m apart from each other.
I looked at him, lowered my head, and looked up.
On my third hike, I lost my colleague just like that.
On my fourth hike,
I went up to 7,600m.
I only had 400m to reach the peak.
The Sherpa in front of me...
turned around on the hill.
He missed his footing and slipped down the hill.
- It was an icy hill. - Okay.
At that moment, I thought there was another accident.
And I saw that he had a rope around him.
- That's a relief. - The rope came down in front of me.
I thought I should catch it and stop him.
I snatched the rope.
Because of the acceleration,
- the rope kept unreeling. - Right.
I couldn't stop him.
I tried to hold onto it, but later on,
- the rope wrapped around my foot. - Oh, no. That happened.
- And we tumbled down. - Oh, no.
We tumbled down for 30m.
I was flung into the snow.
When I looked at my feet,
my left foot was fine, but my right foot...
- It was rotated. - was rotated...
at 180 degrees. My heel was facing forward.
I looked at my foot and wondered...
why my foot looked like that.
I wondered why my left and right feet looked different.
I wasn't in my right mind then.
The Sherpa came up and told me that my foot was turned.
I told him to turn it back.
When he did, it turned back.
- My right foot turned back. - It did?
- My gosh. - It did. It turned back.
- It worked. - Right.
My right foot turned back like a robot leg.
And I was relieved that my feet looked the same.
Of course, they weren't fine. When I lifted my foot,
my foot was dangling from my leg.
- They were completely separated. - Did it fall out? What happened?
The ligament in my ankle was torn.
- Really? - They were separated.
And on top of that, the bones were all broke inside.
When I could process what had happened,
- it was really painful. - I bet.
I wasn't sure what I should do...
because we didn't have any medical tools.
There was a bamboo sign.
We cut it with a knife to use it as a splint.
We used it as a splint and tied it around my foot.
After that,
- I was determined to survive. - You only used one leg.
I walked down the icy cliff with one leg.
- I walked down with the rope. - That's impressive.
I crawled down with one leg.
We spent a night at 6,500m altitude.
- My leg was very swollen. - I bet.
- It was so painful. - You didn't have painkillers.
My junior climber gave me some painkillers.
- Those couldn't subside the pain. - Of course, not.
In the middle of the night,
I asked him to cut off my leg.
I told him I was about to die.
- It was that painful. - I was just going crazy there.
I did the same thing the next day.
I rappelled down, crawled, and slid down.
In 3 days, we reached 4,500m altitude.
You can call the helicopter there.
I got on the helicopter. The rescue helicopter came.
I went to a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- When he looked at my foot, - He asked how you made it down.
how I made it down and that it was a miracle.
He said this was impossible.
I didn't care if it was a miracle or not. I was there to get treated.
I asked them to perform the surgery right away.
He's right. He just wanted to say that before the surgery.
- He would say something like that. - Forget about the touching story.
- The doctor kept talking about it. - I was in pain.
The doctor thought it was a miracle and he was so surprised.
"Unbelievable."
How could he listen to all the explanations?
After checking the X-ray photo, he looked at me.
The doctor was so surprised.
The doctor wasn't sure how to operate on me.
I thought I should go back to Korea as soon as possible.
I called the emergency plane.
- You came back in that state? - Yes.
I was transported to Korea right away.
And I got a major surgery.
When I looked at my foot after waking up,
I saw two metal pins in my foot.
When the anesthesia was wearing off,
it was so painful.
But my doctor told me...
that...
it would be hard for me to climb a mountain again.
The doctor said I wouldn't be able to walk or run.
The doctor said I couldn't probably run.
He said I might be able to walk.
That was the extent and he said he was sorry.
I was tormented and in agony.
- But... - Wait.
Do you have aftereffects after your surgery?
I still have them.
I can't still move...
my right ankle like this. It's stiffened.
I can only move my toes.
Since my right ankle is stiff, I can't crouch down...
or kneel down because the ankle doesn't stretch.
And when I climb up a hill,
the heel of my left foot touches the hill.
My heel can touch the hill like this.
But since my right ankle is stiff,
- I can only walk on my toes. - My goodness.
In the end, with my broken foot,
I got physical therapy and got the training.
I challenged myself to climb Annapurna...
- after 10 months for my 5th try. - That's impressive.
That was in 1998. Did you go to the Himalayas again...
after that?
- I climbed about 10 mountains. - With that leg?
- 10 mountains? - Yes.
It took him five tries to conquer Annapurna.
You must have been really distressed...
about your sponsors for those four times when you failed.
- When I failed? - I bet it was hard to face them.
- I felt sorry. - But they are human too.
- They wouldn't... - Right.
I doubt that they are that inhumane.
- Even if he hurt his leg, - Right.
- he should've finished the climb. - They know how it feels.
But if you keep failing,
the sponsors might not give you the funding when you say...
you want to go there again.
Back then, when I wrote the contract,
we settled on this clause.
They promised to fund me until I conquered those 14 peaks.
- There was a contract. - That was in the contract.
Even if I failed, I could keep going.
The contract was for two years.
They'll probably take that out later.
(Sponsors)
Ji Woong, when you were fighting cancer,
there was a time Suk Chun impressed you.
With cancer,
you lose all of your hair.
Right. That happens when you do chemo.
Regardless of cancer types, you don't see visible symptoms...
of cancer right away.
But when you start chemo, your body starts to feel pain.
Your body gets a lot of problems.
And among those, the most famous one is...
hair loss.
When I lost all of my eyebrows and my hair...
and looked at the mirror, I realized it then.
- That Suk Chun is very handsome. - I see. He's handsome.
- It's hard to look that good... - Right.
without any hair.
Joong Wan, you should shave your head.
- It will be quite a sight. - If he does...
- His hair was helping him. - My gosh.
- Then... - He's using his hair.
- To be honest, my hair... - You must be healthy.
My hair helps me look good.
I'm serious.
But Suk Chun lives his life with a bald head.
Suk Chun and Koo Jun Yup are handsome.
Right.
- They are handsome. - They have strong facial features.
- Yeom Kyung Hwan. - That's true.
My goodness.
- He's handsome too. - I wonder when you'd mention him.
If you're confident about your looks,
- you can't shave your head. - Right.
- Right. - That's so true.
So you remembered Suk Chun when you were getting chemo?
But I had to try...
- to laugh about something. - That's true.
- Otherwise, I was so depressed. - Right.
I had all sorts of thoughts.
For those several months,
it was...
- It was hard. - I can only imagine.
I hate saying that,
but it was hard.
But you had an unexpected gain after undergoing chemo?
I think I got more hair afterward.
When it started to grow again?
- Yes, and my eyebrows too. - They look darker now.
- Really? - Right.
I see. His hair must be fresh sprouts.
- They are fresh sprouts. - I see.
- They might be better... - That's right.
because they are fresh sprouts.
- That's right. - Yes.
- Babies lose their downy hair. - Right.
- And their hair grows again. - Right.
- Isn't it similar to that? - Right.
(Grow hair.)
Bong Won, thanks to your repeated failures to run a business,
your family has more stuff now.
I started my first business...
in 2000. So I've been running businesses for 20 years.
Well,
I receive a lot of celebratory orchids.
That's a nice perk, isn't it?
It's a funny story you always tell.
- This is the funniest today. - Seriously.
- My gosh. - He always tells this story.
It's the day of Bong Won's Uprising.
- You just tended those orchids. - Seriously.
- My goodness. - The day of Bong Won's Uprising.
- I get celebratory orchids. - Come on.
- That's so hard. - It says, "May it be successful."
- "Make a lot of money." - Movies...
- "Fall asleep as you count money." - Right.
I'd love to fall asleep while counting money.
(That's his lifelong wish.)
Those small trees became so big now.
(What have you been doing while I was growing?)
Bong Won's forest.
Those orchids at home are pretty tall now.
By the way,
I say this because I know him well.
He always tells me...
that he wants to stop talking about his business on TV.
- We always end up here. - Right. It's inevitable.
- You cannot escape this. - Yes.
Stories about my businesses and how I live off my wife...
Come on. I don't do that! I don't live off my wife!
The ladies will slap you...
- in the back tomorrow. - Every single time.
Is there another story other than those?
- I'm so sick of these stories. - Is there anything else?
- Is there anything else? - I was working yesterday.
(He was working at the restaurant.)
A customer walked into my restaurant in Cheonan.
"I don't know you, but I know you."
He walked in saying that. So he was drunk.
I said, "Okay."
(Staring)
He said, "Be good."
Why...
(Feeling wronged)
It's nice when someone tells you to be good.
- Why must I get slapped? - Hey.
(Laughing)
All right then.
Was there a venture you actually succeeded in?
There will be one.
- It's an open-ended answer. - Look.
- Hey, look. Look. - It's an open-ended answer.
(The last scene: Bong Won goes to get jjamppong.)
He's running toward to a successful business.
He's still running?
- He was so cool just now. - Of course.
- He has hopes. - His answer was so cool.
I even released a song.
It's called "Youth of the Middle-Aged Men".
I released the song two years ago and I wrote the lyrics for it.
Back then, we would be called middle-aged people.
But people around our age now live up to 100 years.
- Right. - We just finished...
the 1st half and started the 2nd half just now.
Bong Won's role models are...
people like KFC Grandpa.
Think about the age when he started his business.
- That's the spirit. - That's right.
- I always say this to myself. - He started his business...
- at the age of 70. - Really?
"You can't let the possibility of failure..."
- "keep you from trying." - You are cool.
This is what I think.
If you don't do anything due to the possibility of failure,
you will always be at zero.
- That's right. Nothing will happen. - You'll get nothing.
Nothing will happen. You really shouldn't stand still...
because you are afraid of failure.
Have you said this...
to Mi Sun?
- I don't do that. - You don't, right?
That's right.
I say this outside the home...
- during lectures and such. - Why don't you say it at home?
If I say this at home,
Mi Sun would go, "Are you out of your mind?"
No. Mi Sun might want you...
- to say these things. - You are wrong.
- Every time you don't come home... - No.
It's not like you are Mi Sun's brother.
(They are childish.)
Thanks to your business, the government tried to recruit you.
It wasn't exactly like that. Recently,
they asked me to give a lecture.
"Even if you fail, you can get back up again."
That kind of lecture.
They told me that there is the Fail Expo.
The Fail Expo!
- The Fail Expo! - My goodness.
- The Fail Expo. - The Fail Expo.
There,
you should have opened a booth.
A booth.
(This is where the failures shine.)
Did people slap your back there?
No, no one did that there.
The Fail Expo is different.
People who have been slapped gather there.
They are serious.
(They listen to the icon of failure.)
(Proud)
(The talk about failure)
(We are happy to learn from the professional.)
Bo Reum, did your hobby change according to your income?
When I first took up a hobby, I didn't have much money.
I am not timid around people.
I wanted to learn how to longboard,
so I joined a meetup with 100 people.
- That's how you learn. - I attended it...
and learned with a borrowed longboard.
I heard that they rent out longboards.
You must be quite sociable.
I even went on...
a scuba diving tour with strangers.
That must have been expensive.
It's quite cheap...
- if it's a group tour. - A group tour.
I did those activities.
- Then as my income... - It increased.
increased,
I became interested in purchasing equipment.
What do you learn these days?
- I learn freediving these days. - Freediving.
I purchased many kinds of equipment.
What kinds of equipment do you need?
You don't need anything for freediving, do you?
- The wetsuit is expensive. - The wetsuit.
The fins are expensive too.
- I collect every color. - You collect every color.
- You collect every color. - I see.
Don't you meet anyone through your hobby?
Everyone is underwater, so...
- Really? - Everyone is underwater.
Don't men make a move when you join a club?
- Make a move? - Yes.
That's my biggest worry.
- What? - People don't talk to me.
As for longboarding,
I have taken my friends to a meetup.
Other people approached them readily and gave them information.
"Why didn't they do the same for me?"
I couldn't help but have those thoughts.
Maybe you look unhappy when you are alone.
Maybe you look mad.
People don't talk to you...
when you seem cold.
She doesn't have that face.
You judge her face a lot today.
Do you want to be a director again?
Has he been a director?
- He has been a director. - For goodness' sake.
He has done all kinds of work.
- He has done all kinds of work. - Has he been a director?
He is incredible.
- He has done all kinds of work. - I still have it.
- Seriously. - He is incredible.
Bo Reum, you even dropped out of college...
due to your hobbies.
Yes. I majored in film in theater studies,
but I worried that my debut would be postponed...
if I stay in college.
To be a musical actress,
I decided to learn how to dance and sing for a year.
Thus,
I prepared to become a certified jazz dance instructor.
Your decision wasn't wrong.
At one audition,
a director chose you because your dance skills...
- exceeded his expectations. - That's right.
- He saw it correctly. - That's right.
You learned how to dance.
Let's check out Bo Reum's dance.
- This is nerve-wracking. - She will exceed...
- your expectations. - That's right.
- I know you came prepared. - I know.
Bong Won, watch it carefully.
- I will do that. - Watch it carefully.
I will see if she is cut out to be a star.
- You practiced, right? - What? Of course, I practiced.
(She reveals the dance she learned as a hobby.)
(The alluring jazz dance)
(She honed her dance skills during her trainee days.)
(The gaze and vibe of the woman who is prepared)
(Pleased)
(She shows her girl crush-worthy charms.)
(Her dance heats up the atmosphere.)
She is incredible.
(She looks beautiful despite her disheveled hair.)
(It's like a shampoo commercial.)
(Let's see it one more time.)
(She is the 1st actress I want to cast.)
I will end it here.
(She is incredible.)
You are incredible.
You know, you had...
the haughty facial expression.
I loved the way you flipped your hair.
(I will cast you.)
I see.
All right.
- She is on a different level. - She is incredible.
Hong Gil, there are ranks...
- at the Himalayas, right? - Yes.
You said they are much stricter than those in the army.
They are much stricter than those in the army.
Tell us about them.
That's because you are in a life-or-death situation.
That's right. That's right.
On a rope...
that serves as our lifeline, we tie our bodies...
and climb.
We can't risk our lives together...
unless there is trust.
We need to have good communication skills.
That's why we train at a camp for teamwork.
During that time, we assign the ranks.
The ranks follow the age and experience, right?
That's right. Age and experience.
What do you do when it's vague?
For example, Choi Yang Rak and Lee Gyeong Gyu are...
on about the same level. What do you do when it's vague?
Nothing is vague.
The captain assigns the ranks.
- Really? - Yes.
There is one thing as the captain that you never give up.
When you set up the basecamp,
the most important thing...
the captain controls is the liquor.
- The liquor. - That's right.
The liquor cabinet.
- The team shouldn't drink too much. - No.
When the team doesn't go hiking...
because the weather is bad,
- the captain... - It's for encouragement.
tells the cook of the basecamp to make something special...
like a delicious meat dish.
Then the captain opens the liquor cabinet...
and have the team drink.
We can't drink as much as we do here.
That's right. You get drunk very quickly.
- You get drunk very quickly. - It's the elevation.
- Really? - The hangover lasts long...
due to the low oxygen level.
In fact,
the liquor doubles as medicine.
That's right.
At the basecamp that is 4,250m above the sea level,
I had a drink. It felt really good.
(He became drunk after a glass.)
- You had a drink. - In any case,
it's very dangerous to drink when you aren't used...
to the high altitude.
- You need to drink carefully. - It's very dangerous.
We only drink at the basecamp.
We never drink once we begin the climb.
Don't you drink up in the mountains?
Drinking could be detrimental.
Why would you drink...
in a life-or-death situation?
- No one drinks then. - That's right.
- It's dangerous. - I heard that...
your blood vessels can constrict in high altitude.
I heard that taking Viagra can alleviate...
the symptom.
It's very effective for altitude sickness.
- Really? - Viagra opens up...
the blood vessels.
When there is increased blood flow,
the symptoms of altitude sickness go away.
- That's right. - My goodness.
It helps with altitude sickness.
I see.
People who are embarrassed to ask for a prescription of Viagra...
say they will go mountaineering.
(They pretend to be mountaineers.)
- For goodness' sake. - You must have used that tactic.
No, no.
- You must have used that tactic. - No.
What a strange drug!
Remember that tip.
- Remember that tip. - I am going to a mountain.
I will conquer a different type of mountains.
(I will conquer a different type of mountains.)
There is a type of food you always take to the Himalayas.
Nepal is a landlocked country.
You can get meat there.
- Chicken and such. - Lamb.
That's right. But there is no seafood.
- Of course not. - When I leave from Korea...
There is a type of food you always take to the Himalayas.
Nepal is a landlocked country.
You can get meat there.
- Chicken and such. That's right. - Lamb.
- But there is no seafood. - Of course not.
When I leave from Korea,
- I take the fermented skate. - Do you take the fermented skate?
- The fermented one? - Yes.
The fermented skate.
How do you deal with the smell?
It doesn't go bad. They pack it tightly...
using plastic wrap.
- I also take the salted mackerel. - The salted mackerel.
The salted mackerel.
You eat proper meals.
The food you eat exceeds my expectations.
- Regular fish goes bad quickly... - You are right.
during transportation.
I take seafood that won't go bad such as fermented skate,
salted mackerel, and dried yellow corvina.
I take those kinds of seafood...
- and store them in ice. - That's nice.
There is snow everywhere at the Himalayas.
- It's like a fridge. - That's right.
On a special day...
I told you about earlier...
- Like someone's birthday. - That's right.
We steam the fermented skate.
You need to eat well to get the strength to climb.
- Eating well is very important. - That's right.
Inside the tent at the basecamp,
there is nothing to do once the expedition ends.
We mostly talk about food.
The team members...
talk about different food from their regions.
"Jjamppong is delicious at my hometown."
"Really? How does it taste?"
Then he talks about the dish.
"The red soup contains such and such."
Then I imagine the taste and go, "That sounds delicious."
Yes.
Even if I take fish...
Grilled fish is tasty, right? Grilled mackerel is tasty, right?
But grilling is impossible there. You can't create smoke.
- You can't create smoke? - No.
If you create smoke during the expedition,
they say...
the weather will go bad.
- It will upset the higher power. - That's right.
- The spirit of the mountain. - Because the locals believe that,
they don't like it when we create smoke.
That's why we don't do it.
This is how I imagined you would cook.
I thought you would dig a hole in the Himalayas,
stack up firewood,
and grill food on a stick.
- Do you think he is Eskimo? - Seriously.
- This is how I imagined it. - What other ways are there?
Are you saying you haven't had grilled fish there?
- It creates smoke. - Never?
I have had it after the expedition.
There is a small gas container...
for hiking.
When you go up the Himalayas.
going to the restroom must be painful.
It must feel like your private part will fall off.
It's the most painful part.
No matter how advanced the equipment is,
- you had to pull your pants down. - That's right.
You have to do that.
We wear a safety belt during the expedition.
To relieve ourselves,
we need to take it off and pull our pants down.
The process takes time.
If we want to relieve ourselves,
we need to prepare ahead of time.
Otherwise, we need to hold it in.
People who are constipated...
must feel like their bottom will fall off.
If there is a snowstorm,
the process is painful.
Gosh, that's insane.
- The flat land is comfortable. - That's right.
If you are at 3,600m above sea level...
Then you hang from a rope.
Then we hold on to the rope and relieve ourselves.
- That's how you do it. - What comes out...
falls down the cliff.
Has anyone gotten hit by poop?
- My goodness. - You are disgusting.
- We make sure to avoid people. - Of course.
Before we set out in the morning,
we take care of ourselves in the tent.
We can't eat a lot up in the mountain.
I bet everyone becomes constipated.
- It happens. - It's bound to happen.
As for peeing...
You keep your mouth open and do this when you hike.
(You breathe faster when you hike.)
You do that when you hike...
and lose water.
You lose water through your mouth.
- Thus, you rarely need to pee. - I see.
We should breathe through our mouths when we have a long shoot.
It would be nice.
We should talk a lot.
Ji Woong, many people rooted for you on the internet.
I heard that you felt the change in their attitude...
after the illness.
Although I haven't been particularly upright,
people rooted for me.
I thought I should get better soon for them.
Some people even sent me gifts.
One fan had a grandma who was sick.
So that she wouldn't pass away,
he gathered four-leaf clovers in the countryside...
and made a thick album.
His grandma passed away now.
"Since my grandma doesn't need it now,"
"I want you to have it."
- "I think you would need it more." - My goodness.
I had never had such romanticism in my life.
Four-leaf clovers?
But the moment I opened the package and saw the album,
I became teary-eyed.
Before that, you didn't care about four-leaf clovers.
No, I didn't. I thought of them as mutations.
- He used to be like that. - He used to be coldhearted.
- That's right. - He used to be coldhearted.
- The extreme situation changed him. - That's right.
- I was really thankful. - He used to be coldhearted.
Hong Gil,
you have something only the great people have.
When I was three, the family moved...
- to a house at Mount Wondobong. - Mount Wondobong.
I lived in the mountains for over 40 years.
I started at Mount Dobong, Mount Daedun,
and went to the Himalayas.
I was born...
at Goseong, South Gyeongsang Province.
There is a memorial hall near a mountain in Goseong.
The house I used to live in...
has been preserved...
with a sign.
The house you used to live in.
I am the honorary ambassador of Uijeongbu. The house is there.
I live in Uijeongbu just like you do.
I finally met someone who lives in Uijeongbu...
after so many people who live in Incheon.
You should talk to him.
(Bucheon and Incheon)
(She has heard Gu Ra's rants about Incheon for 4 months.)
(You are the resident of Incheon who is a year older than me.)
(I am sick and tired of this!)
(Don't bring in a guest who is from Incheon!)
I am sick and tired of this.
I am so happy to meet you.
You should go up Mount Wondobong.
He wants you to visit his old house in Uijeongbu.
All right!
I will go.
I heard that there is the real Um Hong Gil in Pyeongchang.
What does that mean?
You have heard of the Yongpyong Ski Resort, right?
The highest mountain there is...
Mount Balwang.
They named...
a route to Mount Balwang Umhong-gil.
That's the name.
- That's the name of the course. - Umhong-gil.
There is a road named after me. Bongwon-ro.
- There is Bongwon Temple too. - There is Bongwon-dong too.
- I know. - Stop it already.
- I have one too. - What?
In North Gyeongsang Province, you can find Hyeon-dong.
- Hyeon-dong? - Hyeon-dong.
- Everyone has that. - Bongwon Temple and Bongwon-dong.
Hong Gil, you set the trend...
- among mountaineers. - Yes.
I don't wear a necklace...
to be fashionable.
Like I told you before, it's a good luck charm.
I wear it 24 hours a day.
At Nepal,
mountaineers buy similar necklaces.
- "I will wear Hong Gil's necklace." - Yes.
What kind of a necklace is this?
Is it authentic?
- The Himalayas rose... - Is it authentic?
- from the ocean a long time ago. - Yes.
- It looks like an eye, right? - Yes.
The Nepalese call it Buddha's eye.
The Hindus say it represents...
an eye that sees what people can't see.
How much does the necklace cost?
- It's pricey. - Can you give us a rough estimate?
- He is curious about the cost. - Over 1,000 dollars?
- In any case... - Come on.
It must be very expensive.
How expensive is it?
500 dollars?
- I... - It must be much more expensive.
- My guess is 500 dollars. - 500 dollars?
5,000 dollars.
My guess is 1,000 dollars.
The price must be unimaginable.
That's the world of equipment. My guess is 5,000 dollars.
- Come on. It's only a necklace. - He bought it in Nepal.
That doesn't matter.
The price is below my guess, right?
It's above.
See? I told you.
- Really? - Is it above his guess?
Once this airs, people will investigate.
- That's right. - "Um Hong Gil's necklace".
Similar ones will be sold on the internet.
I heard that Eom Hyun Kyung studied in the morning...
because of you, Bo Reum.
I like to challenge myself...
and pick up hobbies.
Because I always keep myself busy, people around me...
- They become motivated. - That's right.
My friends in the group chat...
signed up for Chinese class in the morning.
- Really? - Yes.
We braved the traffic,
but then the THAAD dispute happened.
It was around that time.
What does it have to do with the THAAD dispute?
We dreamed about debuting in China.
It has nothing to do with learning the language.
We gave up on Chinese and began to take English lessons.
- You switched to English. - Yes.
What if the Korea-US relationship worsens?
We gave up soon.
Why not?
We came disinterested.
She gives up easily...
because her name is Bo Reum.
It means "Fortnight" in Korean.
- Thus, her interest fades... - I am sick and tired of him.
- after a fortnight. - You had those jokes, right?
Young Mi is disgusted.
- Young Mi is disgusted. - I am going to go home.
How about the fourth quarter?
(I won't respond.)
Bong Won, you are as awkward with your children...
as you are with Mi Sun.
- You must be taciturn. - I heard about that.
I am taciturn at home.
Before your kids...
Your impression of Lee Ju Il...
is the best in Korea. Have you done it before your kids?
- I haven't done it once. - Really?
If you do it, kids will approach you.
Maybe.
- His impression is the best. - I don't do that at home.
Why not?
He doesn't talk at home.
"Father, I watched your videos on YouTube."
"Please let me hear your voice impression."
- If your kids ask, would you do it? - "Father, show us a funny thing.
I would say, "Look it up on the internet."
"But I want to see it up close, Father."
No way I'm doing that.
You can watch it alone.
"But it's my wish."
No, you watch it by yourself.
So do you never make jokes...
like, "Is that why you just go for two weeks, Bo Reum?"
Do you never make jokes?
Never.
Why are we the only ones suffering?
Come on.
- I'm jealous. - His children should suffer too!
I'm jealous of your kids.
What if...
your daughter got married later,
and the parents of your son-in-law said...
they want to watch your impression of Ju Il?
(He's being persistent.)
Let's say he's your fan.
What if they asked you to show them?
Have you gone crazy?
- But you can do it here, though. - Yes, I can.
- There are many people here. - Please show us.
- Which one? - Impression of Ju Il.
But it's such an old impression.
Bong Won.
Please just show us.
- I've never seen it in real life. - Right.
- You haven't, right? - I haven't.
- You haven't, right? - I want to see it too.
She's your junior comedian and she's never seen it.
I've never seen it.
Hong Gil, how about you?
I've never seen it either.
See?
If you were to walk through the door as you're doing it,
they're going to burst into laughter.
Please just show us.
Show us.
You're so...
Go on.
Just a little bit.
He's the best impersonator of him. He's matchless.
- He's the best in Korea. - He is.
That's what I'm talking about.
That's the one.
(He was refusing to do it, and now he tries very hard.)
Give me a round of applause.
(Is he a doppelganger?)
This is an old one.
That's what I'm talking about.
I'm seeing it after a very long time.
- Yes. - I think it's been 15 years.
(It's good to see his specialty after such a long time.)
(Sighing)
Suddenly, it's so...
- I mean... - Why are we finishing it this way?
Why are we ending it this way?
Are you all feeling like you have to go pee?
- No. - Are you?
- I think they are. - No.
- We weren't forced to laugh. - No.
I'm just exhausted after trying to make him do it.
I was like, "It's finally over."
(They poured everything.)
Ji Woong, after fighting the disease,
you changed the way you look at the world.
It must have.
First of all,
I thought about getting married.
- Really? - Yes, I want to get married,
love my wife, and have children.
- Yes. - That's what I've been thinking.
It's a good change.
After struggling against the disease so lonely,
now I think...
I should make a family which I've never thought about.
I want to make a family...
and become someone who gives.
It made me think that way.
Bo Reum, I heard you set your wedding dates.
- Really? - Yes.
I'm getting married three years from now.
You have a boyfriend.
- Yes. - Do you?
No, I went to a fortune-teller, and...
I see.
- Come on. - It was nothing.
No, I'm serious.
She said I'm going to meet someone next summer...
and marry him the year after that.
You do a lot of things.
You go scuba diving, go to a fortune-teller and everything.
She just has the dates.
The card said "You're always thinking about your husband,"
as the next question.
- Who will be your husband? - Usually,
I really don't believe these things.
I don't, and coincidentally,
Hyun Kyung said she's going there,
so I followed her there.
Then we should have Hyun Kyung come here.
Yes, we should have her.
Or your group should be apart.
- So I went with her, - Yes.
and asked the fortune-teller to tell me when I'm getting married,
or when I'll have a boyfriend.
I said I was curious to find that out.
And the next day, by chance,
- I went to a tarot card reading. - Yes.
And the person said the same thing will happen in the same period.
Couldn't it be the same franchise with the fortune-teller?
- No. - That's possible.
- They could be sharing information. - Right.
So wherever I go,
I think, "Is he my husband?"
- That's what I think. - I understand.
- "Is he my husband?" - Yes.
I think we should see her for more than one episode.
(She's more extraordinary as we get to know her.)
On the other hand, for Ji Woong,
there's a woman that he can't date no matter who attractive she is.
I can't date who's way younger than me.
I just don't understand how that's possible.
- How old are you? - I'm 41 years old.
What's the age that's way younger than yours?
Women in their 20s are way younger than me.
- Then... - In their 20s.
- I'm in my 30s. - Over 30.
I'm fine with that.
But you can't date someone in her 20s.
- I can't. - Really?
Even if someone's young,
if you have something in common...
And being older doesn't mean you can't talk to them.
Of course.
And there are people who are mature even though they're young.
But to have fun with me,
they need to have the experience...
She should know what "Humor Number One" is.
And watch "Infinite Challenge" together.
You need to have common interests.
- Are you okay with an older woman? - Yes, I am.
You're okay with an older woman?
- I'm okay with that. - Send him a direct message.
- Send him a direct message. - And...
If you're older than me and you work out...
(He welcomes messages from older women who work out.)
Please send me a message.
- An older woman who works out. - Then...
"Hi, I work out and I was born in 1929."
"Do you think we can meet?"
Did you say 1929?
(I can't believe her.)
Come on.
- If she was born in 1929... - Yes.
My mother is 80 years old and she was born in 1939.
I got fired from the store because I couldn't do the math.
You're so...
(It's hilarious.)
Hong Gil,
you live your life like you're always on the Himalaya.
I'm...
more resistant to cold weather than hot weather.
When I'm at home,
I don't turn on the heater in the winter.
- In the winter? - I even wear...
a padded jacket in the living room.
What about your family?
- Do they also wear those? - I wear the hiking socks.
- The other family members... - What about your wife?
My wife and my children,
- they all adapted to it. - Do they wear padded jackets?
They wear the clothes.
- Wow. - Really?
- It's a base camp at home. - When we're going to bed,
then we turn on the heater.
We turn it on when we sleep.
Has your daughter been to the base camp of the Himalayas?
She has when she was in elementary school.
(She already went there when she was in elementary school.)
She climbed up to 4,000m.
At the time,
she didn't suffer from altitude sickness, which was interesting.
We went together because of a show...
- when she was in third grade. - Yes.
The writer had a hard time suffering from altitude sickness.
She said, "You can't fool one's DNA."
- Right. - Right.
- It's inherited. - Ji Woong,
you recently argued with your mother because of a surgery.
My mother is...
My eyes resemble hers.
- And her eyes are drooped. - Yes.
We were talking on the phone and she said they're drooping more...
as she got older and it's tough.
- Right. - She said it feels so heavy.
I accidentally told my friend when I was with him,
and he said that it means she wants a surgery.
("That means she wants a surgery.")
So...
I asked my mother and he was right.
So I brought my mother...
to a hospital that's considered the best after I looked.
They gave an estimate,
and I paid for it without involving her.
And then...
she found out the price later on.
- It was too expensive. - That hospital is expensive.
But it's a one-time thing and I would pay for it.
- And two days before the surgery, - She refused.
she refused to get a surgery all of a sudden.
- It was too expensive. - That's how mothers are.
But she's been that way her whole life.
She didn't want to be a burden.
When I first sold my book,
and got a royalty, I gave her quite a lot of money.
And she wanted to give that back to me.
She tortures me by consistently irritating me.
I mean, I already paid for it.
Right.
- She already asked for it, - Right.
and if you do it for her, then she cancels.
That's right. It was the same with this surgery.
I just don't know why she does that.
So I've been avoiding her calls after that.
- That's how mothers are. - So she didn't get the surgery?
- Didn't she? - She didn't.
- She's quite stubborn. - When she makes up her mind,
no one can change it.
- No one can change her mind. - Yes.
It has been a routine for us.
After we argue, I avoid her calls.
And after about a week,
out of nowhere...
- Does she say she's sorry? - No, that's not it.
She sends me pictures of flowers every two days.
(She sends him pictures of flowers all of a sudden.)
- She's cute. - She keeps sending me those.
I received about four this time.
She wants to make peace.
I'll call her at about the seventh picture.
- Right. - Good.
Before the last holiday,
I met with my mother and my older brother,
and my mother stormed out of the coffee shop after we argued.
- She just stormed out. - You were arguing?
- She got upset and just ran out. - She must have been very upset.
- She couldn't hold her anger. - She just ran out.
She claims...
that me, Dong Hyun, and my brother were...
talking about the things that happened in the past to tease her.
And all of a sudden, she said,
"How dare you embarrass me?"
Then she stormed out.
You shouldn't have done that.
She stormed out, but she didn't go too far.
- Right. - She tells you...
- where she'll be. - Right.
So I ran out and told my son...
to grab his grandmother.
We ran out,
and she didn't go too far.
- So we brought her back. - She wasn't so far away.
She must have been looking at her phone.
I was like, "Mom, please don't do this."
"What's the matter with you? I'm 50 years old."
She said, "Why do you embarrass me in a public place?"
Then she usually calls to say she's sorry.
That's how we make peace.
- That's it for us. - That's cool.
- Yes, she's very cool. - It's like a sitcom.
("High Kick with No Grudge")
Bong Won,
I heard you have a lot of certificates.
He does.
- He's very busy. - I went to a technical high school.
- Yes. - So I got a certificate...
for machine design when I was in high school.
I have a certificate for Korean cuisine.
- And then... - And for Chinese cuisine.
a year later, I got one for Chinese cuisine.
Do you have a barista certificate?
I do.
- Barista? - Really?
- We have everything here. - That's interesting.
It just looked like a job market in here.
"Who's a barista?"
- "Me!" - "Yes, you."
"Let's go."
("Who's a barista?")
And you said sharp eyes are more important...
than the taste in Korean cuisine.
As you all know,
to get a certificate in Korean cuisine,
you'll be taken off points if you taste it.
- They take off points. - Yes.
They deduct points for tasting it while you're cooking?
- Yes. - They deduct the points?
Yes.
It's like, "A chef shouldn't need to taste it to cook it."
Right.
There's a fixed quantity.
If the recipe says, "Put 2 pinches," then you should only put 2 pinches.
Put two pinches of salt.
Put two pinches of pepper.
On the day you got the certificate,
did your family throw you a party...
when you got home?
They don't even know I have one.
I'm the only one who knows.
- I'm the only one. - Really?
They found out from someone else.
Have you cooked them Chinese food at home?
- I have. - Really?
I learned how to cook Korean cuisine.
There are lots of royal cuisines.
Kids don't like it very much.
My children asked me to make them sweet and sour pork.
- Kids like it the most. - That's the best.
So I decided to learn how to make sweet and sour pork,
- and took a cooking class. - He's a busy bee.
I thought I should get a cook license in Chinese cuisine as well.
So I didn't just learn to make sweet and sour pork,
- but also get a cook license. - You cooked for your kids too.
Yes, I did. I made sweet and sour pork...
and jjajangmyeon for the kids.
(He's quite an attentive father.)
- He got the license for the kids. - I made them jjamppong too.
- Mi Sun must've been excited too. - Exactly.
When I cooked for the kids, she tasted my food too.
- But... - That's how he talks about her.
- He always talks like that. - He's just...
- embarrassed to talk about her. - He got the license.
Hong Gil, you said that there's something you see...
on the summit whenever you climb...
a mountain higher than 8,000m.
Climbing the Himalayas...
can be very dangerous. People risk their lives to do it.
While you climbing up the mountain,
you can see...
the corpses of those who passed away...
while climbing the mountain.
- Are the corpses on the ground? - Yes.
- Really? - They're on pathways.
There are many of them especially near the summit.
- You can meet dead bodies there. - That's right.
Don't people recover the bodies?
Well... It's not possible to recover their bodies.
In fact, when you reach that point,
- it's hard to even... - The air is thin.
- take care of yourself. - That's right.
It's so hard and painful to even breathe.
When you see a corpse, you feel sad,
but at the same time, you know it could happen to you too.
- It arouses your attention. - Exactly.
There's nothing you can do about it.
- Is that so? - Yes.
What if you form a team to recover the bodies?
Would it still be impossible? Will they stay there forever?
In 2004, my team climbed up Mount Everest.
After we reached the summit, one of my team members...
called Park Moo Taek who passed away right below the summit,
which was 8,750m high, on his way back down.
- There's a movie about him too. - That's right.
- "The Himalayas" was made. - Yes. The movie is about him.
I went back up there to bring him back.
I went back 1 year after the accident in 2015.
When my team reached the 8,750m spot where he died,
we saw his frozen body. Since his body had been there for a year,
it was hard to dig it out. However, on our way back down,
- his body weighed over 100kg, - Of course.
the weather got worse, and we faced a dangerous situation.
At some point, I realized that if we pushed ahead with it,
- our lives would be in danger too. - I see.
I thought to myself, "It seems like this is it."
"The higher being of the Himalayas won't allow us to go further."
(It breaks his heart to leave him behind.)
We couldn't go down any further carrying Moo Taek.
We buried him properly before we came down.
(Hong Gil did everything he could to send Moo Taek off properly.)
There were two more team members who died in the accident.
So... When I was torn to make a decision,
I felt like I could hear Moo Taek's voice...
saying as my junior mountaineer,
"Thank you for bringing me down this further."
"I want to stay here with the other team members. Please stop."
- I understand. - I decided to leave him there.
- We buried him in the ground. - You made a rock cairn.
We made a rock cairn.
We said goodbye to him, and then climbed back down.
- You buried him in the Himalayas. - Yes.
That's right.
You are watching a high-end music program,
Radio Star.
Today's theme is for those who are struggling...
to climb up the high mountain called life.
- "The Song To Sing on Top". - "On Top".
- Who will sing today? - Shall we hear...
- Shall we... - What happened to your voice?
You have phlegm in your throat? Gosh, seriously.
- It sounded like... - I've never seen anyone like her.
- I'm so embarrassed. - I can't believe you.
- I'm embarrassed. - Gosh. What was that?
It sounded so dirty.
- This, too, shall pass. - She got caught.
This, too, shall pass.
- Let's move on. - "This, too, shall pass."
Shall we hear the song that Hong Gil chose?
- Oh, he chose this song. - "Dedicated To My Late Friend".
I know this song.
- "Dedicated To My Late Friend"? - That's right.
Hong Gil, why did you choose this song?
While I was attempting to reach 8,000m in the Himalayas,
- I lost 10 of my team members. - I see.
So when I have a drink,
when I climb a mountain, or when I'm alone,
I think of them a lot.
I think about the accidents in which I lost them.
I say the names of the 10 deceased friends...
like a spell.
- When good or bad things happen, - To remember them.
and when I climb up a mountain,
and I'm in a dangerous situation and want to give up,
I say my deceased friends' names like a spell...
asking them to give me strength and courage.
I sing this song while thinking of them from time to time.
Let's hear Hong Gil singing "Dedicated To My Late Friend".
("Dedicated To My Late Friend" performed by Um Hong Gil)
(Flapping)
(His white wings)
(He shows up among the clouds)
(Thinking of his late friends who went on a long journey, )
(he sings with his heart although he's not skillful.)
(When he says his late friends' names, )
(he feels like his friends who loved the Himalayas are by his side.)
(But you are gone)
(Into the blowing snow)
(You fell asleep forever in the snow)
(Hong Gil's tribute song for the deceased mountaineers)
The lyrics...
I guess he always changed the lyrics like this when he sang the song.
- Exactly. - He changed the lyrics.
For his late friends.
- It was truly great. - Indeed.
- You're right. - His singing ability didn't matter.
- It was truly amazing. - Thank you.
(It was a heartfelt performance.)
Joong Wan was our today's special MC.
How was being on Radio Star as a special MC?
I used to be on this show as a guest.
When I was a guest, I talked about myself.
But today, I got to hear the guests' stories as an MC.
And I had a really good time.
I hope your business will be successful.
I hope you will regain your health soon.
- I like your hairstyle. - Thank you.
(I'm just thankful.)
Today, we had "Those Who Climb over Mountains Special".
Just like you guys who conquered the mountains in your lives,
we, Radio Star, will also overcome any obstacles like low ratings...
or some reviews saying our show is boring.
We will say goodbye here.
See you next week.
- Please. - Please.
(Say It! Yes or No? Special will visit you next week.)