always further away from where I was: Baekdu Daegan

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Baekdudaegan (the great white main ridge) is a 1700km long mountain ridge that runs along the entire length of the Korean peninsula. The unbroken mountain ridge is the watershed of Korea and it never crosses water. The ridge begins at Korea's most sacred mountain, Baekdusan (2750m), which is situated at the border between China and North-Korea and ends at Cheonwangbong in the Jirisan-mountains in South-Korea. The mountain ridge is a strong symbol of the identity and nationalism for the people of Korea, it is the spirtual backbone. The 735km long section of the ridge in South-Korea also hosts a long distance trail, called Baekdudaegan, starting at Cheonwangbong and ending at Jinburyeong. In the fall of 2014 I travelled to South-Korea to walk the mighty Baekdudaegan trail, this is my story from it.

Prologue i (03.09):Jungsanri

Prologue ii (04.09):Jungsanri - Cheonwangbong

Day 1 (04.09):Cheonwangbong - Seseok

Day 2 (05.09):Seseok - Nogodan

Day 3 (06.09):Nogodan - Gogiri

Day 4 (07.09):Gogiri - Maeyori

Day 5 (08.09):Maeyori - Bokseongijae

Day 6 (09.09):Bokseongijae - Baegunsan

Day 7 (10.09):Baegunsan - Yuksipryeong

Day 8 (11.09):Yuksipryeong - Satgatgoljae

Day 9 (12.09):Satgatgoljae - Bbaejae

Day 10 (13.09):Bbaejae - Samdobong