Racing a Grandpa to the Top of Dobongsan Mountain 🇰🇷

In this video we hike on up to the top of Dobongsan Mountain, which is located in the Bukhansan National Park in Seoul, South Korea.
! ~ Shout out to the Korean Grandfather for leading the way ~ !
This trail is easily accessible from Dobongsan Station, which is located about an hour outside of central Seoul - maps.app.goo.g...
Madang Rock 도봉산 마당바위 - maps.app.goo.g...
Dobongsan Sinseondae (Peak) - maps.app.goo.g...

[@biancasadventures8463]

Definitely a beautiful walk I’m seeing on your video - thank you so much for sharing your videos; I always enjoy seeing your hiking adventures

[@edyhekul]

Thank you so much, Bianca. I am quite pleased to hear this. Thank you for your support :)!

[@sandragilbert8875]

Hi Luke you are sure hard to keep up with, beautiful scenery always look forward to your engaging videos, keep safe out there. 🥾🧗‍♂️🧑‍🦳🇦🇺

[@edyhekul]

@sandragilbert8875 Hello Sandra 👋 nice to see another comment from you. Thank you for your feedback, I very much appreciate this. Stay safe out there too! 📹🪨🥾🌱🇦🇺

[@hptfalcon1683]

Old mate must be so fit! That climb didn't look easy. And he's sun safe wearing all his long sleeves and gloves. He is going to easily live to 100.

[@edyhekul]

Yeah, he was flying up that mountain. Should we go a step ahead of sunscreen and start wearing sleeves too?

[@hptfalcon1683]

@edyhekul I think it all depends on conditions. Humidity and how shaded the track is makes a difference. As long as you reapply often I think it's OK.

[@edyhekul]

@hptfalcon1683 totally agree. I'll stick to reapplying. Maybe the sleeves also help to hike faster in windy conditions? 😉

[@user-tc8uv2gg2e]

Welcome to korea ~^^ when did you ride 도봉산~? Do you come to korea again ~? ^^ and Be careful at mountain especially when you take a picture..good luck~😅😅

[@edyhekul]

Hello! I climbed this 도봉산 last Wednesday! What mountain should I climb next? 😃

[@user-tc8uv2gg2e]

​@@edyhekulHi~Welcome to korea *^^* Yes Korea is a mountainous country all over the nation then I recommend you the 전라남도 province^^ ( Southwest province) There are also so many beautiful mountains... like mt. 월출,달마,두륜,천관,팔영...Go and enjoy the beautiful mountains with ocean views at the mountains ^^ of course I had been the beautiful mountains before ^^ Good luck and enjoy korean mountains I hope...😅😅

[@TraceyD-vg3vv]

Such an amazing walk eh??? ! I'm from Brisbane but was in Korea about two weeks ago. I did that walk and was so surprised at how much adventure you can have just a short metro ride from the centre of the bustling city of Seoul. It was the middle of the week and there were quite a few walkers; 80% of them would have been over 60 years. What a way to stay young. So the walk up was challenging and had amazing views. Which way did you go down?

[@edyhekul]

Wow, we would have been there at the same time! Yeah, it's great. All these walks are so easily accessible from the metro line and so close to the hustle and bustle! The hiking demographic is interesting there :P but yes, it's good to see so many healthy and active people. I ended up going down the same way I came up. What about you? What part of this area did you see?

[@TraceyD-vg3vv]

@@edyhekul We went up the main trail to Sinseondae Peak, then we followed the ridgeline north but bypassed the peaks on the 'Y Valley' detour. There wer a couple of other good viewing spots looking back over the main peaks and then the trail heads down a bit of a gully to the north. This track had very few people and some wild rock faces to climb down, including one that was basically a vertical descent on a rock face that got narrower and narrower. Thank goodness for the handrail system... and for an older Korean hiker waiting at the bottom who gestured to me to turn around and climb down backwards. Good advice. It was such a fabulous day out and beyond what I expected of such a park.

[@aop2182]

how long was the round trip?

[@edyhekul]

It took a little over 3 hours.

[@aop2182]

@@edyhekul thx