Preparations

Kathleen

On the 23rd of April, the Bruce brothers, Rob and Mark, landed on the Peninsula. Sporting monthlong beards, shorts, Tevas, and slightly jet lagged smiles, they were easy to spot in Korea's Incheon airport. 

After arriving at the apartment, we proceeded to sort through our backpacks, casting votes on what to take and those items we could do without. Deriving from my mom's no nonsense attitude, I eliminated every unnecessary item from my pack as Mark struggled over whether to bring a fairly large melodica. (He's still dealing with his decision to leave it out). In the end, without food and water, we managed to get the weight down fairly well. Our stats on the morning out are as follows:

Kathleen: 

Starting weight: 59kgs

Pack weight: 11 kgs (no food/water)

Raby J:

Starting weight: 66.2 kgs

Pack weight: 14 kgs (no food/water)

Mark:

Starting weight: 63.4

Pack weight: 15kgs (no food/water)

While sorting through our things, adjusting our packs and planning (if you can call it that) for the nthere was ext two months, definitely a feeling of excitement for the trip ahead. Much more to come over the coming months. We will keep you posted.