Today I drove to and from work with the windows down and mountain biked and paraglided in a T-shirt and shorts. I never realized how important weather is to quality of life until I came here to Korea, with it's long, frozen winters and muggy, oppressive summers.
I hit up my local loop at Dolsol Mountain today on my bike. I'm getting more and more in tune with the technical downhill sections there, but I'm still having trouble on a couple of the tough climbs. I feel like I'm almost back to full strength since that stomach virus took me out for a week.
Today at para training we practiced short flights by the Gap Creek using a tow rope. It was a lot funner than it sounds, and I'm starting to see vast improvements in my groundhandling skills.
Even though I always complain that the weather is the worst part of living in Korea, it does have it's benefits. The whole day, I was stunned by the colors of spring. White cherry blossoms lined the river paths and dotted the mountain sides. Yellow Kaynari wreathed the trails during my long climbs, white magnolia and blooming throughout the city, and pink azaleas are scattered throughout the forest. A welcome relief from the brown monotony of Korean winter.
