Is there anything steep?

[jhur]

What up? I am considering moving to S. Korea for a year or so. However, I was wondering if there is anything steep to climb. B/c from the pics, it all looks pretty low angle with an ocasional mini-roof here and there. I'm talking about sweet continuous 45 degrees overhanging routes. Thats my bread and butter yo!! Just curious...

jhur

[Eric]

welcome to the site, jhur!

definitely! at seonunsan(Soksal Bawi), there is plenty of steep stuff. nothing 45 degree and sustained, but a whole wall of 5.12 - 5.13c-d+. it's all overhanging and not an inch of slab. enough to get anyone worked in a day.

how long do you expect 45 degrees to be sustained?

eric

[jhur]

Hey Eric..Sounds AWESOME!! So how far is this place from Seoul?

On another note...Do you have any recommendations for where to teach English.

jhur

[Eric]

Hey

i posted a bit of info about where i would recommend living if i were a climber here (http://www.koreaontherocks.com/showtopic.php?topic_id=110).

Soksal is about 4 hours from seoul.

if you like steep, get out of seoul. seoul has lots of slab climbing. thats why i never go up there. ;)

to stay close to hard sport climbing, look fr jobs in Jeonju, Ganhyeon, Jeongeup (small town) or Daejoen(where i am). from daejeon its only 2 hours to some of the hardest climbing in korea. there's usually a group to go down with and if not, there's ALWAYS people there.

if you find a job, let us know who its with and where its at and we might be able to give you some avice

later
eric

[jhur]

Hey Man,

Thanks for all your feedback. You really have me psyched up now about making a move there. I'll definitely let you know how things turn out. Once again, thank you for everything.

I hope to meet you someday...

peace,

jhur

[Eric]

No problem

hopefully we can meet up down at soksal!

later
eric