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Twice around Jeju on the Olle Trail, picking up what others left behind. Then out into the world: Oakville, then Seoul.

874kmon foot.

  • 2 laps
  • 27 routes a lap
  • 437 km a lap
  • Aug 2021 — Dec 2023
  1. Jeju2021
  2. Oakville2023
  3. Seoul2025

874 km — The Jeju Olle Trail

Aug 2021 — Dec 2023

Lap one. Twenty-seven routes, 437 km around the coast and out to three islands.

Picking up what others left behind, the whole way.

Then he walked it all again.

Every piece picked up, a point of light.

Kilometres walked

874km

Lap
2 / 2
Route
27 / 27
Volunteer hours
300+
0437874

Twice around the island.

874 km300+ volunteer hours

Entries · Eight stamps

Every place he has pointed a camera at.

Entry 01 / 20

  1. Two people seen from behind on a park bench, dark against a field of reeds, a boardwalk beyond them and a wall of apartment towers catching late sun under a willow.
  2. The Han at dusk from a wooded hillside: an orange-lit rail bridge crosses the river, a riverside expressway below is drawn out in red and white light trails beside a green-roofed station, and apartment towers and a dark mountain ridge sit under a blue evening sky.
  3. Lotte World Tower catching gold evening light above Jamsil's apartment blocks, mountains behind and a red steel bridge across the Han in front.
  4. A rider lit up in a transit window at night, yellow poles and a 'Please move back' sign around them, the black hood of a passing car cutting across the lower half of the frame.
  5. A lone player shooting at an outdoor hoop on a grey June afternoon, the ball at the backboard, a red-brick house and green trees behind the court.
  6. Condo towers and a construction crane in black silhouette against an orange sunset streaked with cloud, the sun just under the rooftops on the left.
  7. A black-and-white view through a Hong Kong tram window at night: a passenger in silhouette in front, the lit STREET destination board sharp beyond the blurred rails and windows.
  8. A busy crossing on Sai Yeung Choi Street South in Mong Kok by day: a yellow street sign and CCTV notice in the middle, shoppers crossing below in front of a G2000 store, a round café sign at left and a billboard at right.
  9. The Ping An Finance Centre rising above Futian's towers on a cloudy day, with a row of trees along a wide plaza.
  10. The Shenzhen Civic Center's long winged roof over a wide empty plaza, storm clouds stacked above it.
  11. Tokyo at night from high above: dark blocks of buildings to the horizon, a cluster of lit towers at the top and a single avenue of red and white traffic running up through the middle.
  12. Akihabara at night: a white race-livery Porsche waits at the kerb while traffic blurs past and shoppers crowd under the signs.
  13. The Dotonbori canal at night, lanterns glowing along both banks under walls of neon, a tour boat in the water.
  14. A row of glowing yellow paper lanterns in Dotonbori, each painted with names in black brush strokes.
  15. A narrow-body jet nosed in at gate 137 at Pearson in the first light, the jet bridge on its door and a pushback tug waiting at its nose, two Air Transat jets and the terminal behind under a sky going gold at the horizon.
  16. An Air Transat widebody parked at a Pearson gate in early light, its blue star tail against a peach sky, the terminal's glass curve and floodlight masts behind it.
  17. The nose of a Red Bull Formula One car in a dim showroom, its sponsors stacked in white along the dark blue bodywork, Visa and AT&T down to Pirelli and Mobil 1, above the red charging bull.
  18. A shop window display: an old Leica rangefinder on a dark plinth beside a watch with an orange strap, the trees and street behind blurred to warm tones.
  19. A curved three-storey building of white columns and slatted walkways wrapped around a lawn crossed by white lines, a pointed spire and clouds in a blue sky above.
  20. Three vertical frames side by side: white naga carvings climbing a red-tiled temple roof under cloud, white fluted columns reflected in a polished floor with clouds beyond, and a cream-framed mirror on a wire grid holding a shop of carved figures.

Each place is stamped as it reaches the middle of the page.

33.4996° N · 126.5312° E

  1. 01Founded Pododang, a student-led party that gathered 150+ students around social justice, politics and voting procedures.
  2. 02On the Student Union board, took on discrimination against foreign students, cafeteria hygiene and an unsafe field house.
  3. 03Founded the Science & Technology Club: 25+ members, the second student-led club at SJA Jeju.
  4. 04Vice-President of The Bell, the school's bi-monthly magazine.

2021 — 2023 · St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju

Jeju

43.4675° N · 79.6877° W

Dusk over Lake Ontario: bare young trees silhouetted on a grassy rise against a pale pink and blue horizon, a lone figure on the shoreline path.
A person in a red jacket walks along a lakeside lookout beside a stone inukshuk and bare trees, with Lake Ontario stretching to the horizon.
The Toronto skyline and CN Tower under a mackerel sky, mirrored in still water edged by spring trees.
  1. 01Under-Secretary-General of the Appleby College MUN Club.
  2. 02Walkathon Manager.
  3. 03Appleby College Leadership Conference (ACLC).
  4. 04ACMUN, the Social Justice co-curricular and the Upper School Cabaret.

2023 — now · Appleby College · IB

Oakville

37.5318° N · 126.9142° E

High aerial view over Yeouido under heavy clouds: office rooftops in the foreground, the green-domed National Assembly building and its lawn beyond, and the Han River with its bridges to the horizon.
Dense Seoul cityscape at dusk with Namsan and N Seoul Tower rising on the hill behind office towers.
Low-angle view of glass high-rise towers and a construction crane catching late sun beside bare trees.
“AI must be viewed as an active system in overcoming the climate crisis, not just a technical tool.”
  1. 01On a National Assembly panel for Korean youth, proposed rewards and bonus points for young people working on sustainability and AI.
  2. 02Director of the Committee for Youth at the Korea ESG Committee.
  3. 03Secretary-General of the Korea National Assembly Model UN and of SogangMUN.

2025 — now · National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

Seoul