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They hate hiking but were sent up Korea’s mountains — and became a Netflix hit

Singer-songwriter Car, the garden, DAY6’s Dowoon, actor Lee Chae-min and ALLDAY PROJECT’s Tarzzan gather after hearing that they have been cast in Nah Yung-suk’s new variety show. Expecting a fun program filled with travel and games, the four arrive smiling from ear to ear. Instead, they are told that they must conquer some of Korea’s most famous mountains, one by one, in the dead of winter. “Sounds like a job scam,” one complains. “We want to quit.” Netflix’s 10-episode variety show “Take a Hike!” — with eight episodes currently available — follows four people with little to no interest in hiking as they embark on an involuntary expedition through snow-covered mountains. Nah Yung-suk and producer Park Hyun-yong, who previously worked together on “Jinny’s Kitchen,” “New Journey to the West” and “Earth Arcade,” serve as co-directors. The third collaboration between Nah’s production team and Netflix takes a different path from the familiar formula that has brought the producers success — and the response has exceeded expectations. The show reached No. 1 on Netflix’s domestic series r

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