The Toronto area where I live is completely flat, with no mountains in sight. This made me appreciate the mountains in Korea. Most of them are beautiful, easily accessible and not hard to climb. Whenever I sojourn in Korea, I climb mountains with my friends.
Not only did I climb many mountains in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, but I also realized my lifetime dream of visiting Mount Geumgang and Mount Baekdu.
For ten years — from 1998 to 2008 — the North Korean government allowed South Koreans to visit Mount Geumgang. I joined a group who took Hyundai’s Mount Geumgang tour.
We spent two days touring Mount Geumgang. On the first day, we took the trail which stretched uphill through a beautiful valley. We crossed many antiquated bridges over crystal clear streams. The trail ended at Guryong (Nine Dragons) Falls which was magnificent. The trail that we took on the........