Life is a different Wave moving by Time and ending at Shore: Updating Guryongsa Temple Course Hike to 2018-05-31 Gangwondo Province Wonju City Chiaksan Mountain Hike

1. Date and Time : Dec 26, 2018 10:00 ~17:00 (7 hours including half an hour break).

2. Location : Hoengseong-gun (District), and Wonju-si (City), Gangwon-do (Province) in Korea

3. Distance and Course : About 12.5km. Course is to start at Shinheungdong Parking Lot => Guryeongsa Temple Junction => Daegok Safety Center => Seryeom Waterfall => Sadari Byeongchang Gil ( Ladder Road) => Maldeung Bawui Jeonmangdae ( Horse Back Rock Observation) => Chiaksan Mountain Birobong Summit (1,288m Altitude => Back to the Shinheungdong Parking Lot through the same hike course as ascending this morning as indicated at the Gangwondo Chiaksan Mountain Hike Map and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8uKiIM5wFg&feature=youtu.be

4. Overall Mountain Explanation.

This is exceptionally steep, has many valleys, possessing numerous fortresses and shrines, and holds myths associated with each site. Also, the Chiaksan national park functions as a one day tour site and weekend vacationing area around the national capital area. It has also been developed and used as a cradle of nature education for teenagers.
Centering Birobong (Peak), the main peak at 1,288m, Chiaksan is connected with Hoengseong-gun to the east and Wonju-si (city) to the west. Chiaksan (Mt.) stretches from north to south and possesses numerous peaks at over 1000m such as Birobong (Peak), Namdaebong (Peak, 1,181m), and Maehwasan (Mt. 1,085m) successively to the north, and steep valleys between peaks Clean blue water and green pine trees on the precipice close to the valley form a wonderful and unforgettable sight and beautiful rocks remind of an Oriental painting.

5. Detailed Hike Course Explanation.

This hike was principally to make updating previous hike, 2018-05-31 Gangwondo Province Wonju City Chiaksan Mountain Hike in Korea- Sangwonsa Temple Course which was to start through Guryeongsa Temple as explained at the Gangwondo Chiaksan Mountain Hike Map attached herein. This course was broadly divided with three sections as first section with highly steep valley road, second section with steeply sloped uphill and ridge road and third with last steeper uphill road. The first section was to start at Shinheungdong Parking Lot and walking along with valley stream for about 20 minutes and reached first junction mark stating as 100m to Guryeongsa Temple at right and 4.5km to Birobong Summit and 2.2km to Seryeom Waterfall at left. I thought for a while at the junction if I drop the Guryeongsa Temple first and continuously walking on hiking course or I walk to Birobong Summit first and possibly drop the Guryeongsa Temple on the way down from Birobong Summit later which could be finally decided depend on coming back time. I took the latter and turned left at the junction and kept walking hike road for about half an hour and found junction mark; 75m to Seryeom Waterfall at straight and 2.7km to the Birobong at right crossing over the bridge. I could say hike course up to here at the junction as hike course section first, valley road so far. I walked straight for about 5 minutes and found small and lower Seryeom waterfall which looked beautiful and cute and good harmony with water flowing down sound as recorded at video inked above article 3. As soon as I looked around the Waterfall, I moved up through hike course section second uphill and bridge road and soon met so highly steep wooden stair way and deeply sloped stone stair way for about 50 minutes struggling and found landmark stating as 2.2km to the Summit at forward and 2.7km to Guryeongsa Temple backward which was about middle of the complete hike course and mean I climbed up only 500m from the Seryeom Waterfall. As I walked on the ridge road for about a quarter minutes, I reached Sadari Byeongchanggil (Ladder Road) which was situated very sharp ridge between so deeply sloped both valet, left and right. Please llok the photo attached. I was continuously walking on this sloped ridge road for about 40 minutes and reached Maldeung Bawui Observation (Horse Back) and took a around peaks and valley pictures. But the picture was not so clear and good due to dust level high. As I was walking up on this sloped ridge road for about one hour, I met landmark standing at elevation at 1,1670m altitude and stating as only 300m to the Summit which mean I ascended 2.4km from the Seryeom Waterfall. I found snow at these area was not melted and remaining as slippery and thought how I should do either take climbing iron or not and decided to go on the top without the iron and tried to climb over for half an hour more and finally touched down 1,288m Altitude Chiaksan Mountain Birobong Summit and recorded surrounding mountain pictures and summit monument as shown at photo and video which were a bit better than those at the Maldeung Bawui Observation (Horse Back). As soon as I looked around the Summit, I started to downhill through the same way as climbed this morning and met neat nature beautiful Sadari Byeongchang Gil ( Ladder Road) and took a nice picture as see at the photo. I finally back to the Shinheungdong Parking Lot after three and half an hour descending from the Summit.