Hiking to my death

Today, two friends (and my friend's dad) and I went to Mt. Daedun. It was about a three hour bus ride, but that seemed to go fairly quick since I slept a good portion of the way. What makes this mountain unique, is that it has two suspension bridges linking mountains together. But this trip was especially unique because the weather was below freezing and it was snowing, even hailing at one point. We were told this was a fun, simple hike, but I beg to differ. The hike consisted of climbing steep slippery rocks, and this problem was compounded by the fact they were covered in snow and ice. Perhaps not meant for the inexperienced hikers, like us. Overall, despite the wind, snow, and freezing temperatures, it was very fun and the views were beautiful.



This is me on the bus as we are departing the subway heading for the mountain.


This is our tour guide. He told us he called the office at the mountain and they said it was not snowing. LIES!


This is the snow ball I made at our rest stop. It was definitely snowing as we got closer to the mountain.


A Christmas tree!! At home Christmas stuff is everywhere, but that's not the case in Korea. Some places have decorations, but not nearly like it is at home. This was at the rest stop where we took a quick 10 minute break during our three hour bus ride.


This is a view of the countryside from the bus.


This is a view of the mountains.


First, we all had a quick lunch.


This is the view from the cable car. When you get to the mountain, you can take a cable up most of the way and then hike the rest. You have the option to hike it all, but I don't recommend it in snow.


I am not a fan of cable cars, especially ones over packed with people.


I don't care for cable cars. Something about being strung hundreds of feet over the ground by a simple wire does not sit well with me.


One view of the mountains.


A path up a moutain?? One of many, many typos in English translations.


A view from the hike.


This monk was in the freezing cold banging on a drum. I'm not sure why, I could not read the sign. But he had to be frost bitten. It was FREEZING!!!


This is me along the hike. I had so many layers on that I actually wasn't all that cold. My face got cold and when the wind was blowing it was cold, but overall, I was ok.


We are working our way towards one of the bridges.


This is the second bridge. At a steep 70 degrees, it was not fun climbing covered in snow and ice.


This is me on the first bridge. The wind was blowing quite hard, which was making the bridge sway. It's about 100 meters to the ground.....


We tried to pose for a picture on the bridge, but the wind was blowing soooo hard!!


Another attempt to pose on the bridge.



I guess this is an old school cable car. NO THANKS!


Me.


About to climb second bridge.


This is Amanda on the bridge.


Here I am climbing the bridge.


We made it!


Some serious hikers enjoying a nice picnic lunch on the mountain. What a nice day for a picnic!


I reached the top!


A view of our hike back down.


These are some of the rocks we had to navigate. They were extremely slippery being covered in snow.


Me. Amanda. Chrissie.


A view of a not snowy mountain... why weren't we on that one!?


I think the videos explain themselves. Watch for a glimpse into what our hike was like.....























This is a video from the bus of a town we drive through.