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Seoul granite multipitch climbing

davis

17-Nov-2023
7:24:42 AM

I spent October 2023 climbing in Seoul at Korea's biggest national park. This was my second trip to Bukhansan National Park and it was awesome but collecting and gathering info on English websites is difficult but easy if you can understand Korean. I have put together a blog with some topos and big cliffs to climb while in Seoul. I hope this helps.
Cheers James

https://moredaysoff.wordpress.com/2023/10/25/where-to-rock-climb-in-bukhansan-national-park-seoul-korea/

jrc

17-Nov-2023
8:06:44 PM

Great article with lots of pictures.
I first went to Bukhansan in 1989 for a skyline walk. Saturday of a business trip - flew to Taipei on the Sunday.
I climbed there in 1994. Took harness and boots 'on spec' i met a US army Major climbing with 2 Koreans - he set me up on a 6 pitch slab route - translated as Skyline Traverse - corner to start then up the slabs - 19/20 grades with 2 - 3 runners per full rope length pitch. 2 bolts with a pile of tat on each belay - TJ ripped these apart with his big knife! Glad TJ (the Korean) led these. Very thin move of 22-ish right at the top. Then 2 abseils back to ground; one to a big ledge with 2" gal pipes whacked into a crack as rap anchors; from these 50m to ground. Grand day out!

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