Chan Yeob Jung

Major

Outdoor Recreation

Current Profession

Student at Cal State University of Long Beach. It's my fourth year but first year in Long Beach. I used to go to Golden West College, my major was business. My major right now is Outdoor Recreation. I was business major because my dad owns business in Korea but my parents wanted me to do what I am interest in, so I started it to take all the Outdoor Recreation classes, so far I really like this major, I feel like this major is perfect for me.

Work Experiences in the field of Recreation and leisure

None

Career Goal

Camp Director or maybe something related to traveling. I love to travel a lot, and I like to hike and camp with people. I would like to work in places where people can hike and camp. I went on a camping during summer vacation 5 years ago. My family and I went to El Capitan Canyon. We hiked there and camped, I really loved how people can enjoy life without using technology, also the place was really clean and well maintained. I would like to make the place where I want to work as clean as El Capitan Canyon. I know I wanted to be outdoor recreation because camping and traveling were the number one reason. I love traveling with my family. I have been to places with my family a lot, every trips were amazing and made me feel want to travel or camping again. I really love outdoor games.

Outdoor Recreation Experiences

Huntington Beach trash pick up during highschool, 5k run in Mile Square Park, Disney Half Marathon, Tustin Hangar 5k and half marathon

Favorite Outdoor Places

Favorite Outdoor Activities

Zion - Me and My family like to go hiking. We have been to lots of places. But my favorite hiking place was Zion, which I went on with my family when I was 17 years old. It has beautiful scenery and it was really big. The Hike that I went up was Angel's Landing. It was really cool and dangerous at the same time because when we go up the hill, it was really steep but there was only rail to hold on to. The hiking trail was awesome and I really wanted to go hike again even though I have been the place.

Mammoth - I have been to Mountain High and Big Bear ski resort. I heard Mammoth has really good ski resort unlike Mountain High. I went to Mammoth to snowboard for the first time with my family when I was 18 years old.The best place to ride a snowboard during winter season. It has really big ski resort and very powdery snow. There was so many lifts, my family and I were very excited, it was whole different new level.

Macau Tower - The highest place to do a bungee jump and skywalk. I have been to place when I was 19 years old. My family and I did an Asia Trip for 3 weeks. The best thing that I did was a bungee jump in the world highest bungee jump place. In Macau Tower, also had skywalk. it looked really good, but I chose Bungee Jump over Skywalk. When I was jumping off from the tower, I felt like I accomplish very hard work. I also thought I was flying in the air. That fresh my mind. It made me feel like I was starting new life.

Fishing - I always go fishing with my dad and my brother when I go back to Korea during the vacation. I went fishing with my dad when I was 7 years old. That was my first time and I was really bad. I could not catch a single fish by myself. It was still fun. When I get older and older, I know how to catch it, it felt really good. I wanted to catch bigger fish after I caught one. One thing I really wanted to do was setting up the fishing rod. I learned how to hook the bait when I was 7 years old but could not set up my own rod. My dad taught me about 100 times. When I was 10 years old I knew how to set up the fishing rod. One by one, learning from the basic to master skill, it took me long time. But I felt like I accomplish my hard work.

Snowboarding - I started snowboarding when I was 10 years old. I went to snowboarding with my brother and my friends in Korea. I used to ride ski, but riding snowboarding was really hard. I always go ride snowboard every winter. My family and I always go Mountain High to snowboard but sometimes we went to Big Bear to snowboard. When I go down really fast, I felt really good. I have goals when I try to do jumps and boxes, when I do it perfectly, then I feel like I can do anything.
Hiking - I have been to Horseshoe Band, Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Zion, etc. I started to hike when I was 8 years old. My very first hike was with my family in Korea. Every places that I went was very beautiful. My favorite hike was Zion. It was really high, it was about 6000 ft. For the next hike, I would like to visit Yellowstone National Park with my family. I feel like I accomplish something when I get to the top of the mountain.