Recently Zak and I went hiking in Cheonan, a city south of us, on the Taejosan Sanak Trail. There are many entrances as you can see by the map below, Zak and I had a goal to get to the large Buddha located in the middle of the map. Little did we know that we were starting on the wrong end and 2 hours later on a very steep hike we were only half way there and the sun was beginning to set. Even though we didn't make it to Buddha, we did have a great hike! (Next time Buddha, we will be rubbing your belly!)
Zak cheesin' at the entrance
This my readers, is the attire of a Korean hiker, you will undoubtedly feel under dressed whilst hiking among them.
Hmm what is this?
Oh I see, so you want me to walk barefoot across these rocks...
Beware, do not grab the ropes for help, I almost made this mistake. See below:
A viewpoint along our hike
Cheonan City
A very wobbly but pretty cool sky bridge
We were exhausted by the end of this hike, it was a constant incline and every time we said to ourselves "we must be at the highest peak now" we would hit another climb. Hoping to get better at hiking because its no joke in Korea!
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Wow could not believe those ants.That sky bridge was tooo scary! When I come to visit we will pass on this tour. lol
ReplyDeleteplanning on going hiking here this weekend. can you tell me which trailhead you guys took so i can AVOID it? :-)
ReplyDeleteJen- if you look at the trail map we started at the southernmost trail head. We followed the gps coordinates which are in the link above to get to that point but we should have started further north. The Gagwonsa Buddha is where the number 6 is listed on the map.
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