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Hello to the Plebeian Masses,
Hey all. I wanted to tell you all about my weekend while the experience was still fresh.
I went on a rock climbing/hiking trip out to Mt. Songnisan Adventure School and Joryungsan in Chungcheongbuk-do. It was fantastic fo rso many reasons that it's hard to know where to start.
First off, the colors of the autumn foliage were amazing. I've never seen this much of a variety of colors nor in such vivid contrast before. It was like someone had gone around with paint and carefully coated each leaf with the brightest, most rich pigments they could find...
Next was the general terrain. I'm all for hiking. I enjoy it and quite like the idea that it's good for me. I have never, however, attempted anything like this hike in my life. It was crazy steep in a number of places and just the slightest misplacement of a foot would have sent you plummeting to almost certain death. It was pretty though.
Finally, the other people that went on the trip were awesome. There were about forty of us and I didn't meet anyone that was less than pleasant. Many were, in fact, far beyond this minimal standard, rating somewhere around the "cooler than you" level of associative compatability. There was wide variety in the type of person too. From 45 year old ex-military to 22 year old anthropology majors. Of course, there was also the wide cultural spectrum that I've come to expect in any gathering of the generalized "westerner" here in Korea. People were from all over, though I was happy to note that the ratio of Canadians was somewhat higher on this outdoors trip than it is in the general ex-pat population of Seoul. Go Canadian Hikers!
Anyway, this hiking trip was one of the best I've ever gone on and the pictures I got were well worth the effort of climbing. You can check out all the pics by using the link to my photos page, located to the right --->
Hopefull, this weekend will have served as a good warm-up, because I'm heading off to Seoraksan National Park next weekend with the same travel club (but mostly different people). It is, by accounts from those who have gone, one of the most beautiful areas in Korea... "world-class hiking".
I cannot wait.
Hey all. I wanted to tell you all about my weekend while the experience was still fresh.
I went on a rock climbing/hiking trip out to Mt. Songnisan Adventure School and Joryungsan in Chungcheongbuk-do. It was fantastic fo rso many reasons that it's hard to know where to start.
First off, the colors of the autumn foliage were amazing. I've never seen this much of a variety of colors nor in such vivid contrast before. It was like someone had gone around with paint and carefully coated each leaf with the brightest, most rich pigments they could find...
Next was the general terrain. I'm all for hiking. I enjoy it and quite like the idea that it's good for me. I have never, however, attempted anything like this hike in my life. It was crazy steep in a number of places and just the slightest misplacement of a foot would have sent you plummeting to almost certain death. It was pretty though.
Finally, the other people that went on the trip were awesome. There were about forty of us and I didn't meet anyone that was less than pleasant. Many were, in fact, far beyond this minimal standard, rating somewhere around the "cooler than you" level of associative compatability. There was wide variety in the type of person too. From 45 year old ex-military to 22 year old anthropology majors. Of course, there was also the wide cultural spectrum that I've come to expect in any gathering of the generalized "westerner" here in Korea. People were from all over, though I was happy to note that the ratio of Canadians was somewhat higher on this outdoors trip than it is in the general ex-pat population of Seoul. Go Canadian Hikers!
Anyway, this hiking trip was one of the best I've ever gone on and the pictures I got were well worth the effort of climbing. You can check out all the pics by using the link to my photos page, located to the right --->
Hopefull, this weekend will have served as a good warm-up, because I'm heading off to Seoraksan National Park next weekend with the same travel club (but mostly different people). It is, by accounts from those who have gone, one of the most beautiful areas in Korea... "world-class hiking".
I cannot wait.
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