This Saturday, Jan. 29, the Seoul International Hikers' Club will go on its first hike on a high mountain in 2011,
a day trip to Deogyusan National Park in Muju, North Jeolla Province.
We will meet just outside Exit 1 of Jamsil Stadium Station (subway line 2) by 8:25 AM and leave Seoul exactly at 8:30 AM.
Muju is a three-hours drive from Seoul on the Seoul-Busan Expressway, below Daejeon and Geumsan (the ginseng town); therefore, we expect to arrive there around 11:30 AM and start hiking before 11 AM, finishing around 4 PM, and then head back to Seoul. We'll be back to Seoul until 8 PM. The hike is said to take about five hours, but we will take short breaks along the way. This mountain has a well established cable car or sky lift up to at the 1,500 meter height.
Deogyusan is referred to as a warm motherly mountain where kindess and virtue (deok) is abundant and generous (yu); Its two main peaks also have beautiful names: Hyangjeokbong (1,614 meters) means the peak where fragrance remains, and Seolcheonbong, the peak of snow creek.
It is one of the most popular destinations in Korea for hikers to see snow-covered trees (aka snow flowers or nun kkok) and mountain tops in winter. Just click the following site, you can see some wondeful pictures of the mountain.
http://mrsanahi.blog.me/60070924341 http://blog.ohmynews.com/cornerstone/169668
If you would like to join us on this hike, it is important that you reply to this e-mail as soon as possible and reserve your seat(s). We have reserved about 10 seats of the chartered bus.
When: 8:25 AM Saturday Jan. 29
Where: Outside Exit 1 Jamsil Stadium Stn. (Toward Asia Park)
Destination: Deogyusan
Cost: 50,000 won per person (for one meal, the roundtrip transportation and a cable-car ride at the mountain, If you want to use round ride, you should pay extra fee.)
RSVP: Only the first ten who sign up will be able to attend.
PLEASE Reply to this e-mail
sihclub@gmail.com IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND and if you are new to our Club, provide us with your full name and basic contact information (home/work/mobile phone numbers). As we are using
private transportation, we need to have definite idea of who is coming on this trip.
We would like to recommend that you wear proper hiking footwear and be prepared for a range of possible weather conditions. (Hat, scarf, gloves, warm jacket and trousers are essential.)
Thank you for your interest. We look forward to seeing you Saturday morning.
Coordinators,
Seoul International Hikers' Club