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| What a wonderful youth! | |||
| 작성자 | Department of External Cooperation | 작성일 | 2011-01-14 |
| 조회수 | 528 | ||
| What a wonderful youth! | |||||
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Department of External Cooperation |  |
2011-01-14 |  |
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A senior student, Kim Tae Hyen, at PKNU travels around the world.
- His story ran on the second page in ‘kookje’ newspaper on the January 11th.
- In March ~ May this year, his bike tour is scheduled to start from Africa to Europe.
“Getting a job? I want to cross the continent of Africa and Europe first!”
Here is a great man who completed a very long itinerary.
It took about 630 days to go on a trip to America including 16 countries.
He is due to depart this March or May again.
His bog written his story is getting popular.
He published a book which is about his travelling.
△ Kim Tae Hyen who is a senior at PKNU is speaking his plans showing his book on January 10th. Photographed by reporter, Kim Sung Hyo (kimsh@kookje.co.kr)
We commonly say that it is too difficult to get a job. Some people even think that the difficulty of finding employment deprives the romance of the university life.
However, there is a man who succeeded in crossing American continent by bicycle for about 630 days last time. He is preparing to go on a trip to Africa and Europe by bicycle these days. Therefore, he is becoming the talk of the town.
He is going to graduate from our university this coming February, who turned 29 and is majoring in material engineering. Unlikely other people his age who is busy looking for employment, he is busy making preparations for journey unfinished.
He says that his traveling is going to start in this March if it is early, no later than in this May, even though he has not decided when he leaves exactly. He just expressed his big ambition. “When I arrive at the north of the Europe where it is not exactly decided yet, I will return to Korea.”
As mentioned earlier, his traveling that everyone said that it is impossible is not the first attempt. He crossed the continent of America from April in 2008 to January in 2010 riding a bicycle. The total distance traveled from Los Angeles in America to Patagonia in Argentine via Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and Bolivia including another 16 countries was approximately 25,000 kilometers.
Before starting his first trip, he made 250-thousand-won by selling his cherished motorcycle and earned 10- million-won by working part-time for several months. And then, he only spent an average of about 5-thousand-won a day for last 2 years. He cooked his own meals every day, and he slept in a tent in the middle of the desert. Even, he was snatched his travel expenses twice in Peru. He says that just thinking of it still makes him feel discouraged.
We ask him why he wants to take off again, even if his first trip had many difficulties. But he says that it is difficult to explain the reason he want to leave again. After a few seconds, he mentions that he was just happy when he sped along the road where there were not many cars and people.
Many people are interested in his story through the Internet. His blog written his travelling story, ‘a tecggo’s around-the-world-trip by bicycle (http://blog.naver.com/tecggo)’ was selected as power blog which means one of the most influential blog. It is still drawing several thousand visitors. A book documenting his story, which name is that ‘if you don’t leave anywhere, you don’t have youth anymore.’ was published last September. A few days ago, his book made it to a second printing.
After he came back to Korea, he realized that finding a job is really difficult being in university for two semesters. Although his parents were behind him all the way at first, they want him to find employment after graduation. However, he says that “because I have a clear goal, I am confident to overcome difficulty of getting a job.” Also, “I will think about what I want to work after my second trip.” he adds. Written by reporter, Park Joeng Min (link@kookje.co.kr)
<translator; Park Ha Won, dhzl0121@naver.com>