The Nakdong-Jeongmaek Trail 낙동정맥

click on any photo for full size image Nakdong-jeongmaek stele at the end of the trail One year after starting the Nakdong-jeongmaek trail from Busan I finally reached the end point on the Bae...

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click any photo to see it bigger Last week I was joined by Trevor (Travis Lynn and Heather Huxford Keisch) for the walk over the summit of Tonggo-san, one of the more famous peaks on the Nakdo...

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click on any photo to see a larger version East from below Chilbo-san This weekend I was joined by A.J.Howarth for the long march north out of Yeongyang county. Saturday we walked some 25kms b...

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click on any photo to see it bigger사진을 크게 보려면 클릭 하십시오 Typical countryside of Yeongyang county from Samseung-bawi 삼승바위에서 내려다본 영양군의 전형�...

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East view from the ridge to Dokgyeong-san in the remote Incheon-ri area 멀리 떨어진 곳에 있는 독경산으로 가는 능선에서 본 동쪽경치 It was all hands on for Team Nakdong...

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Hwangjang-jae pass - Our start point between Andong and Yeongdeok 황장재 - 안동과 영덕 사이에 있는 출발지점 With most of the Baekdu-daegan guidebook completed and winter nearl...

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Byeol-bawi peak (star rock?). South Juwang-san.별바위봉, 남주왕산 This weekend I was joined again by Leeds Rambler A.J.Howarth for the trek through the closed section of Juwang-san Nati...

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Saturday I walked between Gasa-ryeong and Pinamu-jae passes, leaving Pohang city area and walking along the natural border dividing Cheongsong county to the west and Yeongdeok county east. Walk...

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The eastern face of the Nakdong ridge from provincial road 921, Gibuk subcounty area.지방도 921에서 본 낙동정맥의 동부능선, 기북면 지역. Saturday I set off early for the nin...

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From mountain to mountain is the nature of the Nakdong-jeongmaek, but never on this trail has the yellow ribbon man's slogan been more appropriate than this weekend, as we crossed 17 steep peak...

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I was joined Friday by Ray Mears Woodlore Survival School graduate and Yecheon icon A.J.Howarth for the stretch to Shiti-jae pass on the border of Yeongcheon and Gyeongju cities. Howarth is arm...

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Buddha on Nam-san near Gyeongju, looking to the Nakdong-jeongmaek (background) 경주 남산의 불상, 낙동정맥을 바라보며(배경) This Sunday I walked from below Manbul-sa temple thr...

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Abandoned farmland at Dokgobul-jae pass.독고불재(고개)에 있는 황폐한 농장 This weekend was the quietest section of the ridge so far, passing through high farmland above the ruins ...

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Southern view of the Nakdong ridge from Danseok-san, Gyeongju National Park. 경주국립공원 단석산에서 보는 낙동정맥 능선의 남쪽 광경 My one day on the trail this weekend ...

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The Nakdong-jeongmaek ridge snaking north from Baekun-san (901m) Summers now at its end here in Korea and with it my break from the 낙동정맥 trail. The plan this first weekend back was to w...

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Thats it for the spring section of Nakdong-jeongmaek. Summer is now well and truly here in Korea and I'll be spending much of the next six weeks on the beach. The journey will continue from the f...

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Seoknam tunnel Gaji-san is one of the dominant features of the Nakdong-jeongmaek ridge. At 1240m it is the second highest peak on the trail (behind 1245m Myeon-san in northern Bonghwa county, n...

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Noone picnics like Koreans. 한국사람들 처럼 하이킹 하는 사람은 없다 A free lunch and some liquid courage on Yeongchok-san, Gaji-san provincial park. 영축산 가지산 도립공...

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Nok-dong village below Gyemyeong-san Saturday dawned fine and the weather remained so for the whole weekend as I took the ridge north some 40km from Nok-dong village in Busan's far northern rea...

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Rain kept me off the ridge this Saturday, Sunday however was clear and hot and I walked across Geumjeong-san and Gyemyeong-bong in a semi-circle above Beomeo-sa temple. Godang-bong peak, Geumjeo...

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Mr.Jeong and I at trails start in Gaegeum area. The second weekend on the trail started in Gaegeum-dong where Mike and I ended up the week before. I expected to spend a lot of time finding the ...

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The Nakdong-jeongmaek is a 430km ridgeline running from the south-eastern Korean city of Busan to the sacred mountain of Taebaek-san where it meets the great ridge of the Baekdu-daegan; the spine of Korea. Together these ridges form the watershed for the Nakdong river, the longest in South Korea, which has it's mouth in Busan city and it's source at Taebaek-san. From the spring of 2008 to May 2009 I'll be section hiking the 500km ridge trail. Copyright@2008 Andrew Douch

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The Nakdong-jeongmaek is a 430km ridgeline running from the south-eastern Korean city of Busan to the sacred mountain of Taebaek-san where it meets the great ridge of the Baekdu-daegan; the spine of Korea. Together these ridges form the watershed for the Nakdong river, the longest in South Korea, which has it's mouth in Busan city and it's source at Taebaek-san. From the spring of 2008 to May 2009 I'll be section hiking the 500km ridge trail. Copyright@2008 Andrew Douch

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Molun-dae south of Busan city where the Nakdong river meets the sea. The couple below are picnicing in a military foxhole, one of dozens on the rocks. Mike at Molun-dae. Leaving from the po...

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The small village at Gudeok-ryeong was our first sign of entering "rural Korea" as its situated on a high pass above a large tunnel connecting two suburbs. Back to Gudeok-ryeong below Gudeok...

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