Osan City Holds Walking Trail Event and Mountain Ritual Ceremony

The Osan City Mountaineering Federation (Chairman Oh Seok-gi) held a walking trail event and a mountain ritual ceremony at Yeogye Mountain on the 29th, praying for regional development and the safe mountain climbing of club members.

The event was attended by approximately 200 people, including Osan Mayor Gwak Sang-wook and National Assemblyman Ahn Min-seok, as well as the heads of affiliated mountaineering clubs of the federation.

Participants departed from the basketball court at the Osan Stream levee in the morning, completed a two-hour hike that passed through the summit of Yeogye Mountain, and performed the ritual ceremony. After completing the ceremony, they collected garbage and worked to create a clean environment.

After finishing the ritual ceremony, they shared the ritual offerings—rice cakes and pork—with hikers and prayed for health and well-being throughout the year.

Osan Mayor Gwak Sang-wook said, "A roadmap for the Osan Stream ecological stream project has been established, and walking the trail today provided a good opportunity to see the site conditions firsthand. To prevent damage to hiking trails in our city such as Pilbong Mountain, we will review a land rest rotation system and establish institutional measures for environmental conservation in our city," he added.