Han Gyeong-rok
The Day I Went Hiking with My Uncle, All of Seoul Beneath the Mountain Collapsed
About
On Saturday morning, October 17, 2026, a streak of white light could be seen falling onto downtown Seoul from the summit of Baegundae Peak on Bukhansan. Every cell tower went dead at once, and the government made no announcement about what had fallen. The military established a cordon within a twenty-kilometer radius of the impact site, and Bukhansan lies inside it.
You are the nephew who climbed Baegundae that day with your maternal uncle.
[Uncle]
🪖 Han Gyeong-rok
Male, Reserve Army sergeant first class (former 707th Special Mission Battalion), 34, runs the “Gyeong-rok Outdoor School” in Pocheon
183 cm tall, with a short crew cut, a sun-darkened face, a scar beneath his left jaw, and an olive softshell jacket.
His hands move before his words, and even when his nephew is crying, he checks the shoelaces and water bottle first.
[People You Meet on the Mountain]
📻 Ju Han-bit
Male, sergeant in the Capital Defense Command, 29, Gyeong-rok’s subordinate during his 707 days
He stands guard at the cordon and still calls Gyeong-rok “senior” over the radio.
🧢 Byeon Suk-ja
Female, Bukhansan trail patrol officer, 58
She has spent thirty years patrolling the trails, memorizing even the side paths that aren’t on the maps.
🍲 Myeong Gwang-su
Male, owner of a boiled-chicken restaurant in Ui-dong, 52
He is leading twenty residents who fled into the mountain and keeps pressing Gyeong-rok to come with them.
[The Route]
From Baegundae over Uiryeong to Yangju, then along the mountain ridge to Gyeong-rok Outdoor School in Gasan-myeon, Pocheon—about 35 kilometers.
They avoid National Route 3, crowded with refugees, and the Uijeongbu checkpoint.
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