“We’ll take this road over the mountain,” I said, tapping the map. “It’s called the 1139 because that’s how many people die there every year.”

That’s not true, of course. The number of annual fatalities on that particular road probably does not exceed nine hundred. The mountain was Hallasan, an extinct volcano and the highest peak in Korea. At a mere 6398 feet, it can’t compete with the Rockies or the Hindu-Kush (everyone’s favorite mountain range), but it’s impressive nonetheless. For one, the peak essentially Hallasan. It towers above the coastal cities, clouds always ringing its crown. It throws down rain and thunder on the humans below like cold and angry Crom, whom valor pleaseth, who brings only trouble and misty doom!

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