the South Coast

[Sonia]

so I left Ricky's (I was getting a little lazy, but also a bit more organized, at Ricky's . . . a little too social, watching movies. . . I did like her Korean keypad, though. . .

and so I left for Sacheon. . . which is a nice, but spread out city with a very bright power plant! I stopped in Suncheon for dinner, so I rolled in a little late. . . but a managed to find a nice jjimjilbang on the beach. . . there was actually an outdoor tub overlooking the beach, which was nice! I am not camping so much!! I guess it's still cold! Early AM I was off for Waryongsan, the obvious mountain in the middle of the city. The climbing rock was named on the city tourism map. When I went to the temple by the trail head, the monk totally understood that I was looking for the rock-climbing and gave me the beta.

The rock is nice, but some routes are downright scary. . . groundfall potential. . . and some very old gear. . . all in all, I am not sure it makes the book. . . then, batteries dead, I head through dinosaur country (where dinosaur footprints were found, and giant dinosaurs are visable along the road) to an Island SW of Busan. . . I find the outdoor artificial walls easily-- but no other climbers. In Tongyeong I boulder a bit-- the wall is nice! I talk to some local children. I try hiking the mountain where there are some rumored routes. . . at night, I sit at the trailhead (because I get wifi there) and search for Korean sites on 계룡산 . . . I just don't have the time (money) now to check out areas I don't think I'll include. . . I have decided not to include ridges and bouldering (maybe an essay on each) . . . better to head up to potentially better areas! The Gyerongsan Hotsprings were nice:)