Hiking at least presents more of a challenge than a leisurely stroll by the river. See, in Korea the best way to the top of the mountain is straight up. The trails don't provide much in the way of winding paths back and forth across the mountain face to the top. It's all burning hamstrings and sore knees.
Last weekend we decided to hunt down a hiking path. Surprisingly, it is hard to find the base of the mountains. You walk toward them, but there is always so much in the way. We ended up walking the length of our city, finding a advertisement for the Alberta Rockies pinned up in a booth along the way.
We finally happened along a trail - although we thought we were just going into a public garden. This trail was not as difficult as most. It had a lot of stairs, and nice sections where the path leveled out for a bit. Along the trail was a little exercise station - kind of like the old school exercise circuits that were built into Canadian playgrounds in the 70's, but with a lot more equipment provided! There were chin up bars, a bench with a bar weight for bench pressing, hula hoops and those discs that you stand on and rotate from side to side - I think they're supposed to work your obliques. Here are a couple pictures of our "workout".
Neil shows off his pipes by doing a chin up.
Miko works her abs.
Further along on this trail there was a big clearing. At the side of the clearing was a hole with a fake soldier sitting in it with a gun. This made me jump when I saw it - I was tired and confused why there was a guy with a gun. But after I figured out he was fake Neil decided to play soldier.
This weekend we are going to try to tackle a tougher trail - stayed posted for more pictures!
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