Bukhansan

A 2025 Review: My Experience with Multi-Pitch Climbing on Bukhan Mountain

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A 2025 Review: My Experience with Multi-Pitch Climbing on Bukhan Mountain Okay, so you are standing there, right in the middle of Seoul, a city that feels like it’s pulsing with a kind of electric energy 24/7. And, you know, it’s just so easy to get completely lost in the fantastic food smells, the bright lights, and the crowds of people. Yet, if you just lift your gaze a little above the skyscrapers, you’ll actually see them: these huge, gray domes of granite. Basically, that’s Bukhansan National Park. It’s a literal stone wilderness sitting right on the edge of the …

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Bukhansan Summit Course Review: A Hiker’s 2025 Guide

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Bukhansan Summit Course Review: A Hiker’s 2025 Guide Okay, so you’re thinking about tackling the big one in Seoul, the Baegundae Peak via the Bukhansan Summit Course. I mean, it’s this famous mountain that pretty much stands guard over the entire city, right? It’s kind of hard to miss. To be honest, I’d seen pictures, but actually standing there at the trailhead gave me this whole other feeling. You get this sense of a real outdoor escape, you know, but you’re still so surprisingly close to all the action of the city. My goal here is to give you a …

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