A Year of Hiking in Photos

I thought that a good idea for an end of year post would be my favourite photos from the last twelve months. Please feel free to comment on them at the bottom of the post.

January


No hiking in January, so no photos. Not a great start, I know.


February

Rice terraces just north of Ubud, Bali.

East of the ridge I walked along near Ubud this guy was harvesting elephant grass for thatching roofs in the midday sun

The sun rising from behind Gunung Rinjani, on Lombok. Taken from the summit of Gunung Agung on Bali.

Sunrise on from Gunung Agung

Descending Agung. The lava tracks from the 1963 eruption are the grooves you can see snaking through the low country. Some reach all the way to the sea.

March

Unusual rocks in Wolchulsan national park.

Wolchulsan's crags, from Cheonhwangbong.

April

BH on the rocks near the top of Mudeungsan

View from Jogyesan

May

Looking out over Boseong county from Jeamsan

The ridge that forms the spine of Deogyusan national park

In Deogyusan national park

Naejangsan national park

June

Summit stone on Baegunsan

Blooms in Gayasan national park

False summit on Gayasan

July

Seonunsan provincial park

Hiking during the monsoon on Hallasan

August

The top pool of the imaginatively titled "waterfall number 1" in Juwangsan national park.

Two-tiered waterfall number 2

Juwangsan's dramatic cliffs

The limestone gorge which runs through the valley in the park

September

Swollen rivers and a miserably wet day walking in Chiaksan

Gorgeous Seoraksan national park

The Gongnyong ridge in Seoraksan

October

Eulalia fields in Wolchulsan national park

Autumn colours in Gyeryeongsan national park

November

Sea of clouds in Jirisan national park

More of Jirisan

A  spectacular valey between Byeoksoryeong and Seseok on Jirisan

Autumn colours hanging on on Heukseoksan

December
I've only managed to go hiking once during December, and I managed to forget to bring my camera. Really disappointing because there was snow and everything. Rubbish. I suppose I'll just have to look forward to going to Nepal in January 2011.

Happy new year.