The goat
26 November 2022
Soyosan hike
Today I did a small hike practically on the North Korean border with the easiest to pronounce name of any mountain in Korea - Soyosan. Getting the....
Rocky road
24 November 2022
Dobongsan to Uijeongbu
Today I did a hike I have done before. Well, I have done the first bit before with the death defying hand rails and opportunities for plummeting. ....
No fog this time
21 November 2022
All the trails of Gyeryongsan national park
I have been here before. Last time I was here, it was raining, foggy, misty, wet and there was no view at all. I just did a re read of that day to....
Why not both?
19 November 2022
Bomunsan and Sikjangsan
As I think I mentioned, today was a hiking day, but I did not want to go to the national park as that is a bus ride and it would be too busy on a ....
Colonnades hermitages and Gorals
14 November 2022
Mudeungsan from Wonhyo ranger station
I have done parts of this hike before. It was fantastic, and admittedly last time had a clearer view. Today I got on the right bus immediately, a ....
Leafpocalypse
11 November 2022
Geomdansan from Hanam Geomdansan station
A bit less smoky today, but still quite smoky. My hike today was in the same direction as the one from the day before yesterday. In fact you will ....
9 wrong turns before the start
9 November 2022
Maebong and Cheonggyesan the long way
I have done the middle part of this hike previously, in 2019, which I named 'great hike with a crap view', the same was true today. I approached t....
River view
7 November 2022
Yebongsan and Ungilsan from Paldang Station
Today was an excellent hike, probably a top 5 hike! It was just about 5 hours, about 14km, 30,000 steps, great views, great weather. The only issu....
Saving the best for first?
5 November 2022
Short hike over Bulamsan from Hwarangdae station to Danggogae station
First hike of this trip so it was time to consult my list of possible hiking locations and find one suitable. I wanted it to be sort of short, to ....