‘Groom Class’ Kim Il-woo goes on a hiking date with Park Sun-young.

On the 143rd episode of Channel A’s ‘These Days Men‘s Life - Groom Class’ on the 11th, ‘6th Grade Class 1’ Kim Il-woo and Park Sun-young will get closer while hiking together.

Kim Il-woo, who previously garnered much attention with ‘Workshop Date’, is waiting for someone on Namsan Mountain in Seoul wearing hiking clothes. After a while, Park Sun-young appears with a bright smile, and Kim Il-woo waves happily. Upon seeing this, the ‘Studio Mentor Corps’ stand up as a group and do a shoulder dance, shouting “Hey, let’s go~”. Kim Il-woo, surprised by the enthusiastic response, says shyly, “It‘s the first time I’ve heard such cheers since the World Cup semi-finals.”

Kim Il-woo and Park Sun-young finally climb the hiking trail, and do a simple ‘warming’ at the entrance. At this time, Kim Il-woo seems to be conscious of the fact that he said during the ‘workshop date’ that his “back isn‘t good”, and he easily does ‘sit-ups”, showing that he’s in good health. Right after, the two of them do a stretching movement where they lift each other up with their backs against each other, which makes their hearts flutter. The ‘mentor Corps’, who were watching this in the studio, are pleased and say, “This kind of skinship is nice!”.

Amidst the rosy atmosphere, Park Sun-young notices that Kim Il-woo‘s shoelaces are untied on the hiking trail and ties them herself. The ‘Studio Mentor Corps’ is exploding with vicarious excitement, and Kim Il-woo says, “I should be the one tying the shoelaces, but I don’t know how I changed so much”, but then he confesses, “I once saw a grandfather tying his grandmother‘s shoelaces while we were out for a walk. I once thought that if I ever got married, I wanted to resemble that old couple”. He then adds, “It felt strange back then”.

The citizens who saw the two people hiking affectionately cheered, saying, “They look great together!”. Kim Il-woo immediately responds powerfully, “(We) are dating!”. Here, everyone is curious to see how Park Sun-young will react.

You can watch the scene of Kim Il-woo and Park Sun-young’s mountain climbing date on the 143rd episode of Channel A‘s ‘Groom Class’, which airs at 9:30 PM on the 11th (Wednesday).

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com