A mountain-oriented event this coming Sunday Dec 13th that a few of you might possibly be interested in:
We’ll celebrating the United Nations International Mountain Day (officially Dec 11) again this year, and this time it’s in the Tourism Building at the heart of Seoul’s downtown. There will be some interesting speakers on environmental, sports-hiking and spiritual aspects of Korean and global mountains, and a video. Cool door-prizes will be awarded to the fortunate.
It’s organized by the Korean Mountain Preservation League, with support from some others. Our purpose is to recognize and promote International Mountain Day’s agenda of raising awareness of the importance of mountain environments on global ecology and human culture.
It begins about 1 pm in the 3rd-floor “Baekdu” Assembly-Room of the KTO Building (Hanguk-gwangwang-kongsa), Jung-gu Da-dong near Gwanggyo Bridge and Intersection, 2nd block of Cheonggye-cheon Stream (closest Metro stations: Jonggak, City Hall, Unchiro-ipku 1-ga).
After the 4 hours of events are finished, some of us will enjoy food and drinks somewhwere nearby. It should all be a good time as last year was, though i won’t be speaking or conducting a ceremony this year, due to my spinal troubles. If interested in knowing more, click on the KMPL link above to get the full details, or post here if you have any questions.
BTW, i have photos of another interesting mountain-temple on Seoul’s northeastern border, with grand modern cliff-carvings of deities, up here.
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I had a kind of vacation for the mind looking at the pictures for Cheonbo-sa. That’s nice.
Gotta get some new spectacles … I misread this as International Mountain Dew commeration – I’m on board for that one!
Fantastic pictures of Cheonbo-sa, thank you.
Yeah, a really great “new” place, transforming that cliff into something special (to the despair of the rock-climbing community. perhaps). Feels like you’re really far away from the big city, although the highway is really fairly close. And the Abbott was extremely friendly, said go-ahead and take all of the photos you want. There’s somewhere around ten temples surrounding that one mountain, each with something quite unique to see. And it’s one of the best picks to get on top of, with amazing 360° view of everything.
Sounds great (and loved the photos, too), but I’d prefer to celebrate by going into the mountains…
Me too, and well, therefore — that is why we hold this in crappy-weather December, so as to reduce that very temptation
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