8 Peaks

Over the weekend, I went to the province of Gangwondo to hike Palbongson, which is an eight peak mountain.  From ground level, the eighth peak looked a little scary, a bit steep, but after my failure during the last hiking trip, I was determined to climb this mountain undisturbed from one end to the other.
And I did. It was great. I have even come to love rope climbing, I was silly to think it was difficult. My arm muscles hurt a ton, but it was a great day outdoors!

Mountain: Palbongsan
Location: Hongcheon, Gangwon-do
Peaks: Eight
Height: 327.4m, at the highest
Time: about 3 hours, probably less
Difficulty: A breeze

I know you can only count 7, but I swear there were 8 peaks!

Proof! I climbed left to right

A view from the rocky top

It took about 2 hours to get to Gangwon-do, and right outisde the bus, I see this dude with a Canada t-shirt (he was from California...) so I took a picture. Represent!

Henry managed to wake up for it.

This was the 8th peak, the scariest looking, but I totally rocked it ;)

I think this is Peak 4

Some purple wild flowers

I think this is atop Peak 5, I wanted to show depth of field in this photo but Henry ruins it by standing so close to me.

There was a tricky area where you had to squeeze through a tiny hole and climb backwards up. It was hard, but this nice avid Korean hiker assisted me. Such a kind man.

This is the view of Peak 4 from Peak 5.

Conquering Peak 5

Peak 5 Poses:

Ian: "Arms Wide Open"

Shaun: "Temple Time"

Henry: "Men's Health Covershot"

Me: "I heart you" shot

Reaching Peak 8! Hoot hoot!

The view of Peak 8 from Peak 7 to show you guys the scaryness of it.

Purple flowers

Adventuresome me.

Dinner and drinks after a good morning's climb.

Cheers!