South Korea mountains

"We climbed to the summit with our Girl Scout troop on the beautiful day of Sunday, November 18, 2012! We had a great time climbing the many rocky trails & using the ropes! The girls learned how to help each other out & to be mindful of nature. We had a great time & will come back many times!" - Yongin-san, christinaannbarber77, Nov 18, 2012

"Solo attempt on the highest peak in South Korea, but happen to be hiking with at least 500 or more Koreans. Lots of snow i had to use crampons which i was able to buy at the trail head. Very beautiful and cold. Was able to complete the whole hike in five hours. Many Koreans would stop and smile at me on the trail almost like they where amazed to see a round eye white guy on the trail. Even know i don't know any Korean some guys offered me some jerky when i stopped to rest. Korean hiking was very different there where many places on the trail to stop and sit. Also close to the top there was a p" - Hallasan, elbesto, Dec 21, 2011

"I took a detour to check out the Sara Oreum Observatory and Crater Lake. Very beautiful trail and was able to walk across the frozen lake. Great view from the summit Observatory." - Sara-orum, elbesto, Dec 21, 2011

"Doing solo hike while on my 1st trip to Seoul. My ladies fren went for shopping at Myeondong...while im off to explore the Dobongsan Park...this is my 1st Peak hike from the total 3 Peak." - Obong-san, fungushor, Jul 15, 2011

"We (8th Army Band) were on a one week tour out of Pusan. A group of us got up early and made our way to Paektu-san where we pretty much bushwhacked our way to the top. We took the road back down, found a good kalbi restaurant and enjoyed a great meal before heading back to watch the Twinkies destroy the Cardinals in game 1 of the World Series." - Paektu-san, RnrMan, Oct 17, 1987