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KOTR is looking for a new owner. Are you a developer, a climber and have plans to stay in Korea for a while? If so, email me at [email protected]
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Chuncle Ridge - 춘클릿지
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Seven pitch ridge with beautiful views over Eui-am lake and dam. Bolted by Chuncheon Climbers in 2008. If you take the original route it's fairly easy: 5.9 - 10b. A couple of pitches have alternative, tougher routes in the 11s.
Start:
50m walk up from the route map at the road. Ignore the grades on the sign. It was put up by the council, who haven't a clue about the climb.
Pitch 1:
5.9 - 30m - 5 Bolts.
Easy face onto ridge.
Pitch 2:
5.10a - 30m - 2 Bolts.
From the anchor, climb past the tree directly in front of you for about 5m. ... [Read More]
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Chwiamson Mountain
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8 sport routes on granite with some flake. Quality is mixed from solid to some loose sections. Most climbs about 15 meters with 1 being about 25meters.
From Left to right climbs are: 5.9-5.10A/B-5.10C-5.10C-5.11A-5.11 B/C and 5.10 C (overhang).... [Read More]
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Dae Ryuk Bong
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There are about 30 really fun climbs here. Not sure what the rock is but it kind of looks like granite. Anyway, most of the climbs are very facey with lots of small crimpers and flakes. A few of the routes are pretty long, but a 50 meter rope will get you to the top of most of them. The bolts and anchors are pretty good.... [Read More]
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Daemosan
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KotRi started rebolting this crag in the spring of 2014. Currently 5 of the 8 anchors have been replaced along with the hangers on 30 of about 50 bolts. There are a total of 9 routes including the crack that traverses half of the crag and shares and anchor with one of the vertical routes. The shorter section on the right is in the 5.8-5.9 range. The crack is a 5.9. The far right climb is about 5.10b. I haven't climbed the rest so I couldn't say.... [Read More]
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Dang Bawi Sea-cliff (Ocheon-dong)
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Sea cliffs along Mosageum Beach in Yeosu. . . developed by the local Yeosu club, it's not so much a destination, but if you're in the area. . . The rock is right on the west end of the beach, north of Manseongri Beach. 6 routes, and a few unbolted cracks. . . 5 routes are clusteresd together facing the sea; one around the corner right looked pretty gross, as people turned the start into the local "bathroom".... [Read More]
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Dansan
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This small "mountain" (158m) is just 1k west of the beautiful and rocky and way more impressive-looking Sanbangsan (just down from Hwasan Beach) in the SW corner of the island. "Mount Dan tuff cone, or Bagumji Oreum is classified as the oldest pyroclastic sedimentary layer in the geological layer classification of Jeju Island." Not the choicest spot on Jeju-do, but if you've exhausted Oedolgae and have a few hours and want to check out the Western area and get in a few routes, here they are. The island is so compact, it's only about 30 minutes ... [Read More]
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Dodeuramsan
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Slabs, vertical, overhangs. 12 sport routes and one crack (that could be TRed from the anchors of the neighboring 5.9).
Bolted in 2002-03, Dwaeji Am Jang, the last of 4 prominent outcroppings at Dodeuramsan offers a selection of climbs on mostly solid (we did clean a few lose holds) rock, though some of the pockets resembled small mouthes filled with crystal teeth-- and they bit! The rocks are visible from the road, and it looked like all the hiking trails led to the top to the mountain, just above the crag. Hiking trails go right by the b... [Read More]
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Dosol Am Climbing Sectors
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Sununsan limestone-- slab to face to overhangs. . . just over 100+ routes mostly put in during the early to mid 1990s. All single pitches (I think only 1 or 2 are not) are 25 meters or less. . . 2 require 13 draws, one 12 and the rest fewer. Some are really short, with a good many under 10 meters-- almost boulder problems with a couple of bolts.
When I first got to Korea in 1998 we climbed here a bit. . . but the place has largely fallen out of favor. I had thought it was off limits but recently learned it was not-- just rarely climbed in fa... [Read More]
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Dweiji Bawi (Pig Rock)- Daedunsan
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Grippy dark granite face climbing with a little slab and some crack features. A severe overhang cave for the insane (5.13s). About 20 routes all up, with the majority being in the 510a-10d range. Two new shiny metal info boards (about 40x25cm) are screwed onto the rock near either end of Dweiji Bawi and can give good exact rout info.... [Read More]
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Eongtto Waterfall
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A beautiful, seasonal waterfall with 50m cliffs. The routes range from 12-23 meters and start at 10b (going to 12c, with an estimated 5.13 offwidth overhanging crack). Bring a headlamp to explore the cave. From the cave (far left, facing the falls) there's an unbolted 10b crack system and a mossy 12b/c face to the visible anchor (2 bolts and webbing). . . moving towards the falls a few bolts lead to the 13? crack. The other routes can be accessed from a sketchy downclimb over a lot of trees and rocks or from the bottom via the other branch of t... [Read More]
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