Climbing the Mountain

You may be starting to think that my title is a very deep metaphor to the fact that we are in our 9th month here in Korea and there are days when it literally feels like we are climbing Mount Everest to make it through.  And that from a time perspective we have really reached the peak of that mountain and are now starting to descend.

But no.  I actually meant that I climbed a mountain.  The mountain that is right behind our apartment and has been staring at me for almost 9 months now. 

So, on Saturday morning when I woke up fresh and alert (having been too exhausted to cope on Friday night, and by cope I mean drink & socialize) I decided to have my own little adventure, equipped with only my running shoes and my new camera.  In retrospect a phone (had I not broken mine last week) and a bottle of water may have been wise as well ...but well, I have never been much of a hiker and I really only intended to climb a hill and then call it a mountain, and it ended up being ...well, a mountain.

Here are some of the beautiful sites:

And I will answer your questions here:

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  Yes, I have added the caption 'lori eldridge photography' for a couple reasons.  First and foremost, I am the one who took the pictures, so it could not be a more true statement, and number 2, I have been playing around with my new flickr account and there is nothing more fun than the effects
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  I was nowhere close to alone on this mountain, there was without a stretch of truth at least 2-4 Koreans per 20 metre area
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  Yes, there is advertising even in the middle of the forest in Korea, I have told you - no boundaries