George in Korea: 101211 MiRokSan (弥勒山미록산461m), Tongyong (統営통영), GyongNam(慶南경남)

Date: Dec. 11 (Sat) 2010 Fine.

Place: Miroksan (461m), Tongyong, GyongNam Province

Course: Sanyangeup Office – (Bush walking) –Mireuksan (Yonghwasan) – Mirae Pass – Observaion Deck on the Rock --- Military Training Place: 10 km (5-hour hike)

Partners: 25 members (7 foreingers including myself)

Destination was in Mireukdo island near Tongyong. Island hiking is usually easy and nice. So many Stammtish members (foreigners) joined this hike.

The hiking place is close to Geojedo, the 2nd largest island in the south east of Korean Peninsula. Yet the highway connects between Daejeon and Tongyong, so it usually takes about 3 hours from Daejeon. We left South Gate at 7 a.m., and arrived at the starting point at 10:30.

[A group picture before the hike,ハイキング前の集合写真、하이킹전의 단체사진]

We started hiking with full of energy, yet we lost the way, soon. We had to “bush-walking” until we reached at the regular trail on the ridge for about 1 hour.

[Before "bush walking"、「藪漕ぎ」開始前、弥勒山を背景に、「덤불젓기」시작전, 미록산을 배경으로]

Alan seemed very tired while we were “bush-walking,” so I walked behind him which means the last of the party. (He says he was too hot because he wore too heavily.)

When they reached at the ridge, they all waited for us, and then they began “Alan Call” shouting “Alan, Alan, Alan!”

When we joined them, we had “Suzuki Time,” short break with fruits and “makgeoli.”

[With Tracey, an Australian hiker, 豪州ハイカーのトレイシーと、호주 하이커인 트레이시 와 함께]

Alan seemed “refreshed” and began walking lively. He even climbed on the rock on the ridge.

[Alan on the rock, 岩の上のアラン、바위 위의 앨런(Alan)]

[With Stammtish members, スタムティッシュ・メンバーたちと、스타무팃슈·멤버들과 함께]

We had lunch along the trail where we could have nice view of Tongyong and Mt. Mireuk. Tracey had spaghetti, and a male member cooked “Jajamen.” Jajamen tasted good. Another member of Ahtosan cooked ramen, which was also good.

[Alan and Tracey during the lunch time, 昼食時間のアランとトレイシー、점심시간의 앨런(Alan)과 트레이시]

After lunch, we passed several nice viewing points, and reached at the top of Mt. Mireuk at around 1:30 p.m.

[Near the top,山頂付近にて、정상 부근에서]

Since there was a rope way, there were many sightseers at the ovbersation deck on the rock. We had really good views of Tongyong, and a lot of islands in the South Sea.

[Alan, coming down from the observation deck, 展望台の階段を下るアラン,전망대 계단을 내려가는 앨런(Alan)]

After the ovservation deck, it was an easy download, and we arrived at the final destination of military ground at 3 p.m.

[Decent trail,下山路、하산로]

We had “sashimi” party at a sashimi restaurant at Tongyong. Some foreingers did not eat much sashimi, yet, all Korean hikers enjoyed eating sashimi very much.

[At a sashimi restaurant at Tongyong,統営の刺身レストランにて、통영(統營)의 생선회 레스토랑에서]

We came back to Daejoen at 8 p.m.

My good Amerikan friend and senior hiker, Alan England described this hike as below:

- (Quote) MiReukSan with AhToSan

Because it was advertised as an easy hike I was invited back to join the hiking group called AhToSan which is short for “Let’s go to the mountains on Saturday” by my hiking friend George Suzuki. I went on a number of hikes some years ago before they decided I was too old. Some of the other regular Taejonhikers went also, and somewhat surprising, all five were women. As before, we took a chartered bus for this trip. MiReukSan is on a small island named TongYoungDo in the sea on the south side of Korea called the NamHae (which means south sea). MiReuk is a name from the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha of the future is called MiReukBul here and also Maitreya. There was a bus ride of about 3 hours south and eastward to the mountain where the weather was considerably warmer than Daejeon. I had been to the next island called GeoJeDo several times. MiReukSan was only 461 m high but there was a long distance up from the trailhead. We hiked up mostly cross country until we reached a trail on the ridge line. We arrived at the peak after about two hours to find an enormous multi-level wooden platform with stairs and numerous lookout points to view the town below and the south sea region. On arriving at the platform the first thing I noticed was a big crowd of people and the second was a woman in high heels who had obviously not climbed a trail to this point. I looked around and found a cable car terminus at a lower part of the wooden platform. These people had all taken the easy way up. The views were wonderful. We started down and reached our bus in a total hiking time of about 5 hours. On the way down we came across some soldiers on maneuver, who completely ignored us. - (unquote)

[Military maneuver near the hiking destination,ハイキング終了地点での軍事訓練風景,하이킹 종료 지점에서의 군사훈련 모습]

It was my 58th hike for this year and 223rd hike with AhToSan as the total number.

日時：2010年12月11日(土) 晴れ。

登山場所：慶南・統営(トンヨン통영)の弥勒山[ミルクサン미륵산)

登山コース: 山陽邑（サンヤンウプ）事務所-(ヤブコギ)-弥勒山（ミルクサン미륵산/龍華山ヨンハサン용화산）-未来峠-岩展望台-軍部隊警戒所(5時間)

同行者：約25名(外国人は私を含め7人)

登山地は慶南の統営(トンヨン통영)の島、弥勒島(ミルクド)だ。島の登山は比較的容易なので、スタムティッシュに集う外国人らが大勢参加した。

場所は巨済島(コジェド)の近くなので韓半島の南東で遠いわけだが、高速道路を使うためさほど時間はかからない。したがって、通常の7時に南門を出発、登山地には予定より30分遅れて10時半に到着した。

今回の参加人数は外国人たちを含めて25人と少ないながらも元気に出発したが、すぐに道がわからなくなり、軽い「やぶこぎ」を余儀なくされた。

[Before the hiking,ハイキング前の集合写真、하이킹전의 단체사진]

出発してから1時間ほどの「やぶこき」だったが、アランがすっかり疲れてしまった。私はアランにつきあってしんがりを担当。

稜線の通常の登山路に出たアトサンの会員たちは全員、アランの到着を待っていて、最後は「アラン！アラン！」とアランコール。

ここで小休止のスズキタイム。青葡萄とパングルトマト、および定番の栗マッコリ2本を提供し、すべて消費し、荷物が軽くなった。

アランは稜線にでるとすっかり元気を回復。最初の岩場ではかなり無理して岩の上に登ってきた。

その後、尾根伝いを順調に進み、弥勒山が良く見える稜線で昼食にした。(12:30-13:00)。食事はアランとトレイシーとヒソンが並んで食べ、後の外国人たちは韓国人のトッチャリの周りでたべた。変わったところではトレイシーのスパゲティ。いつも最後尾を歩くカップルの男性が黒いジャジャーメンを作ったのがうまかった。また、チョムワのラーメンもごちそうになった。

食後は見晴らしの良い岩場をいくつか過ぎ、弥勒山山頂へ出た。ここはロープウェイを利用してくる一般客でごったがえしていたが、それでも石標はワンチャンスを利用してうまく撮ってもらった。

[Near the top of the mountain, 弥勒山山頂付近にて、미륵산 정산에서]

[At the observation deck on Mt. Mireuk, 弥勒山展望台にて、미륵산 정망대에서]

山頂からみる統営の港や南海の島々はとてもよい。午前中は黄砂の影響か、風景がややボケていたが午後はクリアな青空が広がった。

[On the cliff from where we could look down the town of Tongyong, 統営の街を見下ろす断崖の上で、통영(統營)의 거리를 내려다보는 낭떠러지 위에서]

弥勒山を過ぎるとあとはひたすら下り坂。それも急な坂は最初だけで、なだらかな下り坂が続く。また、前回同様、杉の林がなかなかすばらしい。

ハイキングはかなり大きなロープウェーの下を歩いて、突然道路に出て終わった。登山路を下りた道路には「살기 좋은 영운리」という石標がある道路に面した芝生の墓では20歳くらいの若い徴兵兵士たちが訓練をしていた。

北朝鮮兵士に見立てた人形がおもしろかった。手りゅう弾の投擲の訓練でもしたのだろうか、土が変色していた。

[A North Korean soldier dall、塹壕内の北朝鮮軍兵士の人形、참호내의 북한군 병사 인형]

ハイキング終了は3時半だったからちょうど5時間のハイキングだった。このあとバスで港へ移動。3時45分には食堂に着いた。

約１時間の刺身会食のティップリは豪華だが、ジュリが食べられるものがほとんどないのは気の毒だった。私はどれもみなおいしくて思いっきり食べたが、それでも刺身は半分以上残り、チョムワが自分たちのテーブルへ持って行った。

ルーマニア人のロクサナはよくチャレンジしてなんでも食べたがそれにしても消費量は少なかった。中国人の孫はあまり食べなかった。