February 21, 2005
Skiing in Korea - part 2
A month or so ago I wrote about Hongcheon ski resort in Korea, where I went but didn't ski. This time I went skiing for the first time ever.
Somewhere between Pusan and Chinju is Muju ski area. We were there Saturday night, and arrived at around 6:15 just before they opened for skiing at 6:30. Traffic and parking weren't too bad. The skiing looked better than Hongcheon, but I never made it up the slope. I was at the bottom trying not to crash into all the other beginners...
The next day we went sledding. Sunday afternoon, around 1:00 PM, traffic was terrible and we ahd to park pretty far away from the actual park. If we had been going to the ski area we might still be in traffic.
But we were going to the sledding area where for about 7.00 you get to go sledding on their little orange, plastic sleds until they close at 5:00. Around 3:30 or so, the slope was pretty icy which meant more speed and more collisions. The sleds, like shopping carts at Emart (the huge local grocery stores), don't seem to go straight.
The sledding area wasn't too crowded and they only let 10-12 people go at a time. After walking back up the hill for 12th time or so we were pretty tired (my legs were a little sore from my first ski experience the night before).
Posted by James Trotta at February 21, 2005 12:30 AM
I remember the first time i went skiing. It was about 4 years ago and it was a crazy experience. I didn't take any lessons which was a mistake and didn't read any of the signs, which was a bigger mistake. There were three lifts and I went on the advanced course. Not because I wanted to but because no one was going on the first two lifts. So I figured it was closed or something. The lift ride took a long time to get to the top and most people made it down the hill in 15 minutes. It took me 2 hours. I still remember like it was yesterday, when I was saying 'man, when is this hill ever going to stop.' Lesson learned. Read the signs.
Posted by: MikeHu at December 15, 2008 12:38 AM