Hello Everyone,
I write to you with my body aching in a couple of places. Mostly my calve area and upper arm area. The calves hurt from a hike Daniel and I went on 2 days ago (which is what this post is about) and my arms hurt because I decided to then the next day do a workout at the school with some other ladies... why!?!
Daniel and I greatly underestimated the intensity of the hike that we went on the other day. He had a day off and the weather was nice and I asked the day before if we could please go hiking. I had a bottle of water for each of us and we headed to Gyeryongsan National Park which is like 90 minutes from where we live. We get there and Daniel immediately goes to the visitor center to get a map and they did have one in English for us to use. Of course the measurements are in kilometers and Daniel was trying to convert it in his head as we went along but as far as trying to time it, it was hard to take into account the 3 inclines to peaks and then the path being ridiculously rocky and more...
It took us about 4 1/2 hours to hike the 6 miles (9.6km) from the parking lot around, up over, back down, up over, back down, and up over, and back completely down to the parking lot. We both ran out of water at about the 1/2 way point and that was pretty awful. I'm not proud of this but I was literally whining like a child at one point because I was pretty done physically and emotionally. My legs were shaking and we still had like 1/2 of the hike to go. Daniel said that his legs started shaking too about an hour after mine which told me that this hike was not for me. If something effects Daniel physically then it is too much for me, LOL. The fact that he called it "a good workout" at the end means that for me it was military boot camp.
Daniel kept making comments like, "we're almost there," "I can see the bottom," "that's the top right there," etc. but most of what he said was inaccurate and so I got an attitude and told him to stop saying those things to me. From my perspective he was speaking matter of fact and I believed him but "the top" came 2 times after the first top, "the bottom" he saw was not actually the bottom and almost done meant like another 1 1/2 hours. (It is a pet peeve of mine with anyone in general who speaks like they know something when they are really only speculating, it was just that much worse because I was tired and thirsty). He explained that when he says we're "almost done" he is thinking of how Jesus said that he would be back soon like 2000 years ago... While I appreciate the reference at the time of that hike I just glared at him.
So anyway, this particular ROK hiking trail was not quite what we were used to back in Colorado. This was our first hike here and while we have done some pretty intense hikes back in the States there is usually some sort of safety railing in very dangerous areas if you are on a trail. Here they had safety railings at certain points but at some of the most dangerous spots there were none. Daniel and I were literally looking at places with gaping holes one of us could have fallen through in the rail and then areas where you could easily slide down the mountain if you miss-stepped. I had to laugh at times at how bad it was. I wanted Daniel to take pictures to which he responded, "Nah man, I just want to get out of here."
On the way down from the last peak I got excited for a second because going down is usually so much easier and I feel accomplished. This was not the case. Like 7/8 of the way down were these awful imbalanced rocky steps with no railing that I slid on multiple times and rolled my ankle on like 3x (not badly just uncomfortably). It seemed never ending... I could see on so many of the stones where other people had slid because of the skid marks on the surface. Some of the stones were loose but Daniel was in front of me most of that time and would warn me before I put my weight on it. When we were on the peaks there were medal stairs that were easier to walk on however they were really steep and uneven, anyone with a fear of heights would have blacked out easily.
Maybe I should invest in one of those camel pack water bags and walking sticks if I'm going to be hiking here in Korea...
Job 12:7-10
7 But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
8 or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
10 In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.
Genesis 1:9-13
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Survivor,
Camille
I write to you with my body aching in a couple of places. Mostly my calve area and upper arm area. The calves hurt from a hike Daniel and I went on 2 days ago (which is what this post is about) and my arms hurt because I decided to then the next day do a workout at the school with some other ladies... why!?!
Daniel and I greatly underestimated the intensity of the hike that we went on the other day. He had a day off and the weather was nice and I asked the day before if we could please go hiking. I had a bottle of water for each of us and we headed to Gyeryongsan National Park which is like 90 minutes from where we live. We get there and Daniel immediately goes to the visitor center to get a map and they did have one in English for us to use. Of course the measurements are in kilometers and Daniel was trying to convert it in his head as we went along but as far as trying to time it, it was hard to take into account the 3 inclines to peaks and then the path being ridiculously rocky and more...
It took us about 4 1/2 hours to hike the 6 miles (9.6km) from the parking lot around, up over, back down, up over, back down, and up over, and back completely down to the parking lot. We both ran out of water at about the 1/2 way point and that was pretty awful. I'm not proud of this but I was literally whining like a child at one point because I was pretty done physically and emotionally. My legs were shaking and we still had like 1/2 of the hike to go. Daniel said that his legs started shaking too about an hour after mine which told me that this hike was not for me. If something effects Daniel physically then it is too much for me, LOL. The fact that he called it "a good workout" at the end means that for me it was military boot camp.
Daniel kept making comments like, "we're almost there," "I can see the bottom," "that's the top right there," etc. but most of what he said was inaccurate and so I got an attitude and told him to stop saying those things to me. From my perspective he was speaking matter of fact and I believed him but "the top" came 2 times after the first top, "the bottom" he saw was not actually the bottom and almost done meant like another 1 1/2 hours. (It is a pet peeve of mine with anyone in general who speaks like they know something when they are really only speculating, it was just that much worse because I was tired and thirsty). He explained that when he says we're "almost done" he is thinking of how Jesus said that he would be back soon like 2000 years ago... While I appreciate the reference at the time of that hike I just glared at him.
So anyway, this particular ROK hiking trail was not quite what we were used to back in Colorado. This was our first hike here and while we have done some pretty intense hikes back in the States there is usually some sort of safety railing in very dangerous areas if you are on a trail. Here they had safety railings at certain points but at some of the most dangerous spots there were none. Daniel and I were literally looking at places with gaping holes one of us could have fallen through in the rail and then areas where you could easily slide down the mountain if you miss-stepped. I had to laugh at times at how bad it was. I wanted Daniel to take pictures to which he responded, "Nah man, I just want to get out of here."
On the way down from the last peak I got excited for a second because going down is usually so much easier and I feel accomplished. This was not the case. Like 7/8 of the way down were these awful imbalanced rocky steps with no railing that I slid on multiple times and rolled my ankle on like 3x (not badly just uncomfortably). It seemed never ending... I could see on so many of the stones where other people had slid because of the skid marks on the surface. Some of the stones were loose but Daniel was in front of me most of that time and would warn me before I put my weight on it. When we were on the peaks there were medal stairs that were easier to walk on however they were really steep and uneven, anyone with a fear of heights would have blacked out easily.
Maybe I should invest in one of those camel pack water bags and walking sticks if I'm going to be hiking here in Korea...
Job 12:7-10
7 But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
8 or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;
and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
10 In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of all mankind.
Onward and upward...
Up, up, and up.
Here we are at the top, or at least one of the tops... :-\
Looks "blah" compared to the view a clear sky would provide.
Candid going down the steep medal stairs from one of the peeks.
Candid going up the stairs (exhausted and unhappy is what you're seeing here :-P)
These stairs were no joke :-O
A waterfall, probably more intense in the spring or summer.
Genesis 1:9-13
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Survivor,
Camille
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