Hundreds Visit Every Weekend, But Illegal Acts Spark Discontent

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As many people visit mountains and valleys during the summer peak vacation season, nuisance behaviors that draw frowns are continuing. From unauthorized rock climbing to cooking and dishwashing in valleys, various illegal acts have been captured.

G1 Broadcasting reporter Kim Yoon-ji reports from the scene.

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Garyeong Waterfall in Hongcheon attracts hundreds of people on weekends.

Among vacationers soaking their feet in the stream and resting, people wearing unusual equipment stand out.

They step boldly down a cliff over 50 meters high above the waterfall and descend in an instant.

Colleagues waiting below quickly help organize the ropes.

Garyeong Waterfall has become known by word of mouth among climbing enthusiasts as a summer rock climbing spot due to its high cliffs and cool stream.

Social media is filled with posts of enthusiasts certifying their visits to Garyeong Waterfall.

Auxiliary devices have even been driven into the top of the waterfall so anyone can attach and use ropes.

Installing these devices without permission in this place, which has no separate manager, is itself illegal.

Arguments frequently break out between crackdown personnel and enthusiasts.

[Rock Climbing Enthusiast: You keep making me repeat the same thing. I get it, so stop talking. I don't want to talk anymore.]

Nearby valleys are suffering from campers cooking food.

Making the "No Cooking" signs erected at the entrance meaningless, people light fires with portable burners and firewood to grill meat.

Dishwashing water containing detergent also flows directly into the clean valley.

Trash discarded here and there is rotting.

Unsorted garbage is piled high on one side of the valley.

Discarded butane gas canisters, black-charred grills, and disposable items stained with food are mixed together.

Vacationers visiting the tourist destination naturally frown.

[Camper: Someone had a real mess here and left. They lit charcoal fires and did all sorts of things.]

[Camper: They grilled food right on top of rocks and just left it behind. Those are all places where they put stones down and grilled.]

Forest authorities are further intensifying crackdowns on illegal acts within forests during the summer vacation season when mountain valley users increase.

(Video by: Seo Jin-hyung / G1)

G1 Kim Yoon-ji
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