Chairman Kim Jong Il told once the reason why he frequently crossed over the steep Chol Pass.
Kim Jong Il said that he also knew well that the pass is rough and steep, but he often crossed it as his soldiers were defending the country looking forward to seeing him, the Supreme Commander. He continued that, thinking of their Supreme Commander, they stood the biting cold and sultry hot weather and made frontlines of the country impregnable, adding that the reason makes him visit them repeatedly.
