Seoraksan National Park - Simply a test of grit and endurance

What seemed to be a typical day trip to visit the national park had me panting the entire time and aching sore for the next few days. We had originally planned to do an easy hike to visit the national park. It was a very easy hike initially, mostly flat terrains and long walks. As we reached the end of the easy path, we saw the signs up to a cave; we decided to challenge ourselves by extending the hike. Immediately, the terrain changed and it was pure rocks on a steep incline. It was a stark difference from what we had experienced earlier. On the easy terrain, we were able to see many hikers along the way. The hike up to the cave, we barely saw many other hikers. Those we were descending encouraged us to carry on, promising us that the path is a fulfilling one. True enough. What seemed to be a long 2 hours up 600m path with a steep include of almost 70 degrees, we reached an opening which stunned us all. But that was not all! There is, again, a steep stairs up to a small cave barely visible from the bottom. We walked up and viola, it was a breathtaking scene which we made us felt triumph and somewhat comforting that we have took up the challenge to truly finish the course of the hike. After the hike, we tried to search for more details on the hike we took and there weren’t much details on it. We hope this could give a glimpse to the hike. Having hiking sticks is recommended. It definitely helps to make the hike much easier! We will recommend all tourists to visit this spot!