Seoraksan Mountain

After school last Friday, Dominic and I took a bus to Seoul. There, we met up with WINK (a group that goes on adventures in Korea). From Seoul, we all took a bus to Seoraksan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoraksan
This is a beautiful mountain range on the East Coast of Korea. We arrived there at 3AM. At 3:30 we turned our head torches on and began to walk into the darkness to begin a very long journey through the mountains and valley. After the first hour of steep incline on rocks- I wanted to give up. I didnt think I would be able to finish. We had to do this hike on zero sleep after working all day Friday and it would be a  12-15 hour hike. I got really nervous because there is no easy way down if you want to quit halfway through. I stopped for maybe 5 minutes and thought about heading back down. I decided to push myself and to carry on. Im really happy I did because we did finish at 4PM on Saturday. It was a series of ups and downs in my emotional state and going up was very exhausting. Going downhill was difficult too and really hard on your knees and calves but I really like going downhill. The last 3 hours of the journey were really hard though because I just wanted it to be over!! I dont think Ill ever do another 13 hour hike (maybe) but I am really proud that I completed it and it was a very cool experience. The sights along the way were gorgeous and all the leaves were orange, yellow and red it was just breathtaking.

At the beginning 3:30AM

I dont think I can do this

I can do this!

Very cold and foggy at the top

at the top!

We made it to the top!

I swear its safe to do backbends on the edge of a cliff!

The finish mark!!!!!!

Here is a video I made of the trip.