{"id":16526,"date":"2017-04-03T13:49:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T12:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoffjones.com\/?p=16526"},"modified":"2017-04-03T13:49:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T12:49:42","slug":"biking-the-4-rivers-trail-from-oxpomyeon-to-namjiri-on-lifeday25452","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=16526","title":{"rendered":"Biking the 4 Rivers Trail from Oxpomyeon to Namjiri on lifeday25,452"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday 3rd April 2017<\/p>\n

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Blossom out now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, I was totally wrong about reaching the end of the trail today! It turns out the river twists and turns a lot more than I thought so it’s more like 200 km to Busan \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I set off before 8 as it was such a beautiful morning. I stopped for a very inadequate breakfast at the 7-11 and rode on. thinking there would be plenty of places to stoke up en-route. I was wrong again \ud83d\ude41 It was well over 4 hours before I found a workmen’s restaurant at Ssang-yonghausikbupe. I was starving.<\/p>\n

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The only restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another error was thinking it was going to be flat \ud83d\ude41 Wrong again I had 4 peaks of over 400 feet to get up all of them with evil ascents in the 20% and above range.<\/p>\n

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Where else has a resuscitator at the bottom of a hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But in the end, I made\u00a0it to Namjiri pretty wrecked after biking nearly 63 miles and with 2,928 feet of ascent (more than the so-called hilly day). The Motel Adellia\u00a0 is an aged version of last nights place but OK except for the internet which is rubbish.<\/p>\n

The pictures are here <\/a>and Strava here<\/a><\/p>\n

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What follows below is to help other English speaking riders on this difficult stage;-<\/p>\n

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Turn left to avoid hill with monastery on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Brains go left, Brawn go right!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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