The Unveiling

Our exploring has finally paid off with the unveiling of the excellent bouldering at Gwangyeongcheon (광령천)!!! Darren, Sam, 우진 (Ou-Jin), and I came out in the morning. John and Josh met us later in the afternoon. I think we ended up with about 10+ new boulder problems mostly in the easy to medium difficulty range with one super hard project. The bouldering is surprisingly good for Jeju. The rock is volcanic and in the riverbeds the rock is super solid. The challenge in finding good problems comes from the lack of holds and extreme slipperiness. For a climbing analogy, it's like climbing on the most polished limestone imaginable. For a non-climbing analogy, it's as slippery as glass coated with teflon.

Here's some photos of our shenanigans:

Our River of Bouldering Dreams



Driving In



The Approach



Hardcore Stretching



A Beautiful Setting



Sam Topping Out



Darren, Concentrating Hard



Me, Looking for the Next Hold



우진 (Ou Jin) Trying Hard



A Nice Mantle



Breathe!



우진 (Ou Jin) on the Project



Darren Trying the First Moves of the Project



Sam... Calm, Cool, and Collected



It's so slippery!!!






Happy Climbers!



The group responsible for unveiling the amazing bouldering of Jeju!