Snow hiking
Odaesan. I went there twice but never climbed the peak. The thin atmosphere over there always make it difficult. But this time we had to do it.
Drive started slowly with peak traffic because of long weekend. But we could start the hike by noon. It was showing -4 outside in the car when we reached the base. But we were not really bothered. It was very beautiful as we entered the national park. The frozen streams and white color all around.
It was tiring with breathing a little difficult and I had not really kept myself fit in last 4 months. But I could not return mid-way this time as well. This was a moderate level hike. We managed to scale the peak in around 3 hours. It was beautiful. But what gives you a kick is the sense of achievement when you look back at the height you climbed. And it was a long time since I felt the same way.
It was very chilly with wind blowing very heavily. The cold was biting us hard and we had to move towards next peak. What we did not realize earlier is that we did not have to climb down and the other peak was a 3 kms long walk on the top of the mountain range. This was the coldest walk I ever had. We were walking in a foot deep snow and it was upto 2 feet at some places.
Drive back was wonderful. We had planned to go to Daegu and the expressway 55 did not disappoint. I was dying to test the new car at high speeds and it was amazingly smooth till 180km/h. With the "request a song" program with Praveen, it was a fun drive.
Will publish more pictures later as I did not click a lot with my camera. Cheers!!!
Drive started slowly with peak traffic because of long weekend. But we could start the hike by noon. It was showing -4 outside in the car when we reached the base. But we were not really bothered. It was very beautiful as we entered the national park. The frozen streams and white color all around.
It was tiring with breathing a little difficult and I had not really kept myself fit in last 4 months. But I could not return mid-way this time as well. This was a moderate level hike. We managed to scale the peak in around 3 hours. It was beautiful. But what gives you a kick is the sense of achievement when you look back at the height you climbed. And it was a long time since I felt the same way.
It was very chilly with wind blowing very heavily. The cold was biting us hard and we had to move towards next peak. What we did not realize earlier is that we did not have to climb down and the other peak was a 3 kms long walk on the top of the mountain range. This was the coldest walk I ever had. We were walking in a foot deep snow and it was upto 2 feet at some places.
Drive back was wonderful. We had planned to go to Daegu and the expressway 55 did not disappoint. I was dying to test the new car at high speeds and it was amazingly smooth till 180km/h. With the "request a song" program with Praveen, it was a fun drive.
Will publish more pictures later as I did not click a lot with my camera. Cheers!!!
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