Gwanak Mountain

Our teacher's association took the second half of the day off to climb one of the more famous mountains in the area. Everyone was very impressed with my fancy new North Face shoes...people like name brands, here. My hiking partners were Grace and Seon-shim. Seon is the special-ed teacher and a friend at the school. She and I are hiking novices and took lot's of pictures, so Grace must've been frustrated, but she chose us so it's her own fault. It took about 2 hours to get to the top, which is marked by the national flag "Tae Guk Gi". We actually had to slow down a bit when we caught up to the principal's group, as it's bad form to pass him. His group turned back before the top so only a few of us went all the way. At the top I saw at least two wild kittens who must get fed by a constant stream of hikers. I took pictures of the view, but it was pretty misty, so they're not worth posting.