One of the highlights of Gangwon Province is Seoraksan National Park, full of forested hills and high rocky outcrops. This is Ulsan Bawi, not far from the eastern entrance to the park and, with the summit at 873 metres, a demanding climb. Once you’re above the trees there’s a long series of stairs up to the top. The photos give no indication about how windy it was on Tuesday; at the summit, people were crouching or sitting in the gusts, or hanging on to the railings to have their photo taken next to the Korean flag.
Notes from a Korean island 