Bukhansan Mountain. 836m (2,742ft)
When the employees saw what we were wearing, they looked at us (especially Stefany) up-and-down because we weren't wearing hiking gear. You'll see in the pictures what Koreans' wear!! Yes, we were under-dressed.
Walking up to the base of the mountain.
Here we go. Not really knowing what we're getting ourselves into!!!
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| SIU!!! Would you believe, as we were walking up the trail, we met 2 Americans. The female went to ISU and she said they couldn't make it to the top and warned us. Silly Redbird, go SALUKIS! |
Locals taking a rest. You can't really see their hiking attire, but they came prepared!
Ahhhh, yes. Locals that came prepared. Full hiking attire. Now we see why the employees looked us up-and-down!!! Let's see if we can do it.
Various pictures of our view and beautiful scenery....
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| Not appropriate hiking gear and by no means good shoes!! |
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The rock next to us, men were repelling. We were going to be higher then them.
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| Maybe you can see the men on this rock, repelling. |
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| Must keep going....not there yet. |
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| A view of Seoul. Looking South. |
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| "Are we there yet?" |
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| With about 800 meters to go, and not wearing hiking boots, we really relied on these cables and arm strength to pull us up. |
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| No time to celebrate. Still not at the top. Just a picture opportunity and a chance to catch our breathe. |
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| In a little over 2 hours, we made it to the top!!!! Russel couldn't let go of the railing. It was a beautiful sight!! Totally worth the time and effort! |
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| Russel is hanging on to the railing. Stefany, "look mom, no hands!" |
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| On the very top, there is a big rock. Stefany climbed on top to take more pictures of the TOP of the TOP!! |
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| Looking over at the rock with repellers. |
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| Starting our way down.... |
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| After about 3 1/2 hours, we reached the bottom. |
We returned home at about 8:15pm. We showed and headed out to enjoy nice hospitality from Derrick and Gina Go (all of that is their "American" names).
Gina and Yoonwha heating up spaghetti.
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| The boys chillin' |
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| Time to eat. |
Our hosts: Gina and Derrick Go
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| Dessert: mini ice cream bars (strawberry and chocolate) on the left and a box of ice cream squares (all are vanilla). Very portion-size appropriate. |
We learned that all Koreans have a kimche refrigerator. Kimche is made in large quantities in Nov.- Dec. It is then kept in these tupperware-like plastic bins, which are stored in the kimche fridge. It is the only thing kept in here, separate from all other chilled food.
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