17.023 Pyeonyuk

Cycle 17 – Item 23

Post 5,867

28 (Wed) January 2026

Pyeonyuk

2.5

by MtG

at home

-Oksu, Seongsu, Seoul, Republic of Korea-

with W, MtG, KIT, KKH, CJH

(POOL) DIVING

K26 is an indoor diving pool. The name in references to its claimed depth of 26 meters*, the deepest pool in East Asia (Deep Dive Dubai goes down to 60 m). Fees are 33,000 for 3 hrs on weekdays, 55,000 on weekends, with free gear rentals, including 1 air cylinder (filled to only 170 bar) plus 10,000 for each additional tank.

Located in Gapyeong, 60 km from (Wirye) home.

Now a certified diver (see generally 17.002 Rock Lobster in Garlic Sauce), MtG can’t get enough. Until his next overseas open water opportunity, he’s intent to keep training at local pools.

From the lobby on the ground level, the 5-meter platform is visible through the glass.

I tagged along along, partly out of curiosity, partly to see if I could help him and his wife improve their form. And yes, I’d rather be diving, even in a pool, than do anything else, especially on a Wednesday in January.

The surface of the pool is on level 3 of the building, at an approximate height of 10 meters, making the depth of the pool into the ground is only around 16 meters*.

* The depth, according to my dive computer, maxed out at 24.4 meters. Because of relative density, depth will register 3% shallower in fresh water than in sea water, to which most devices are calibrated by default, so that would account for an additional 0.73 meters, totaling 25.13 meters, but still 0.87 meters shy of 26 meters.

Gear rentals – nicely maintained (pool water must surely be gentler than seawater on fabrics and other materials).

It was fun. I’d never go there of my own accord, but maybe to refresh IZ in advance of our next dive trip.

LUNCH

Seolak Makguksu Chuncheon Dakgalbi is a Korean restaurant. Specializes in dakgalbi, as well as makguksu.

After diving, we went to lunch.

The food was awesome. If not for the special circumstances of tonight’s dinner, the dakgalbi would certainly have been the featured dish for this post. I hope to return someday to do a proper review.

Memil Ggweong Mandu (3.0): couldn’t taste any quail (ggweong).

Memil Jeonbyeong (3.5): crispy skins, amazing kimchi stuffing.

Sutbul Dakgalbi (4.0): perhaps the best dakgalbi in my experience.

(HOUSE) CAMPING

With the Oksu apartment laying empty (see generally 17.021 Kimchi Kongnamul Daegu Tang), I invited members of the camping crew to come over with gear + food + drink for a camping get-together of sorts.