love with a strong, pumping heart

i'm not a super passionate hiker but i do love trail walking, strenuous climbing, maneuvering rough terrain, enjoying vast views, breathing clean air, and being among tress and other forms of natural greenery. no matter where i am in this world, i would like to continue mountain hiking.

since i get pretty excited over compiling lists, i'm taking this moment to make a list of some memorable hikes that i've been on. it's just a rough outline, a summary which i may likely expand at later date.

this list doesn't account for all the hikes that i've been on with the Seoul International Hikers Club.

• Bukhansan Mountain (2,700 feet above sea level) in northern Seoul, South Korea
  
• Namsan Mountain (869 ft asl) in central Seoul, South Korea
  
• Osaek Course of the southern Seoraksan (5,603 ft asl) in eastern South Korea
• Gwanaksan (2,073 ft asl) in southern Seoul, South Korea
  
• Mount Le Conte* (6,593 ft asl) in the Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee
• Old Rag Mountain** (3,291 ft asl) in the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia
• Nine Dragon Ponds and Waterfall course of Geumgangsan*** (5,374 ft asl) in southeastern part of North Korea
  

* most challenging hike
** most fun hike
*** most significant hike

this weekend i'm getting out of seoul to be with this mountain, the #2 in South Korea, wrt elevation:

• Jirisan Mountain (6,282 ft asl) in the southwestern peninsula of Korea

List of mountains in South Korea