jeongmaek2009expedition

Madman R Shepherd has returned to the mountains of Korea to walk 2000kms of ridges. You can watch his demise or progress at www.hikekorea.net.

2009 walk and guide book update

Writing the guide book for the Baekdudaegan has been a bit like walking the ridge itself, long and arduous. It'd be fair to say that 90% of this encyclopedia of cultural and historical information has been done, and is now in the hands of the publishers. The Baekdudaegan, once you investigate it further is a truly remarkable landmark on the peninsula, and like an old tree, has stood there and watched Korea manufacture its course of history since Dangun (3000BC) and before. The book will hopefully be ready for sale by mid-year 2009. I in the meantime will be returning to Korea in late March to begin the 2000km exploration of the 9 jeong-maeks that feed off the Baekdu-daegan. The webiste I will run during this expedition will be at www.hikekorea.com, currently up but still under development. I plan to display on its pages photo slide shows, quirky home videos, all backed by NZ music only. There s no doubt that I will meet many different people on the way, it should be a melody of comedy, seriousness, wonder, drunkedness, and weirdness. See you at www.hikekorea.com. NB: The Baekdu-daegan guidebook should be a hoot as well.

SEOUL Magazine article

Nice article in South Korea's, SEOUL Magazine p.41, about the walk (Baekdu-daegan) Andrew and I did in 2007. The same publisher will be launching the Guide Book in Seoul, April 2009.

The Guide Book has been a mammoth task, that has swooned away a lot of our spare-time, but hopefully it will a motivating source of enthusiasm providing information for people to go to the great white ridge and explore its scenic wonders and historical treasures.

Go to the above link to read the article.

Americans hiking the great ridge.

http://chrisandlizwandering.blogspot.com/
Apart from the odd foreigner residing in Korea, whom are when they can, venturing to the great ridge to visit its attractions, two Americans have also made the effort to come to Korea and attempt to walk the entire length of the Baekdu-daegan in South Korea. They recently started their journey in Jirisan NP, let's hope that it is a successful and wonderful journey for them. You can visit their progress at the above link.

LETS KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEM! KIA KAHA WHANAU

-Roger

Guide Book to be released April 2009

We are pleased to announce that two books will be published on the Baekdu-daegan.
http://www.seoulselection.com/ a progressive and establised Korean Publisher are equally excited about the long-term prospects of the great white ridge and have agreed to publish the two books, hopefully by April 2009.

One will be a guide book containing as much information as possible about the ridge and how to hike it. The second book to be written by Prof. David Mason and will be an informative account about the symbolic significance of the Baekdu-daegan and the many interesting ways it represents the people of Korea.

We also plan to launch an interactive website about the Baekdu-daegan sometime later this year, so that hikers can share and update information about the ridge or other long distance hiking locations in Korea. (Pictured left is a 1750 map of Korea highlighting mountain ridges)