Mountain goat
26 October 2017
Spotting a serow while hiking Mount Ryuso near Shizuoka
As soon as I woke up and looked out the window and saw how blue the sky was, I knew what I had to do, today WOULD be a mountain day, even if the b....
Lost on twin peaks
24 October 2017
Hiking Mount Ougiyama and Momokurayama near Torisawa station
First proper hike and I already managed to get lost, lost enough to require a 1 hour back track after following the wrong path to an abandoned gra....
Fortunate train cancellation
23 October 2017
Hiking in the plum tree gardens near Ome station
Finally, some photos of something mildly interesting! I awoke to grey and rain, the typhoon raged on, despite this I slept solidly on a rock soli....
Ropes and ladders
30 March 2017
Day trip to hike Wuliaojian
Its my last full day in Taiwan, so its time for one last mountain! According to most people, its the greatest mountain possible to climb in a day ....
Three mountain rest day
29 March 2017
Hiking the three peaks of Pingxi
Yesterday was a big day in the mountains, tomorrow is my last full day here with probably more mountains, so as a rest day, I went and climbed 3 s....
Windy teapot
28 March 2017
Hiking the teapot mountain in Jiufen
There were 3 things I was sure I wanted to do whilst in Taiwan on this trip. Go to Taroko gorge, go to sun moon lake, and climb the teapot mountai....
Huge number of steps
25 March 2017
Hiking in Puli to a remote unnamed temple
Right now I have done 55,800 steps today. Close to a record. I still have to go and find dinner, so I will set a new personal best. Exciting times....
A quick run up a small mountain
24 March 2017
The wonderful view of Puli at sunset from the geographical centre of Taiwan
I think I like Puli. It has mountains, lots of them. They seem to have paths. Some of these paths are actually for cars, but thats ok because the ....
Sweating profusely
19 March 2017
Hiking Shoushan and Chaishan in Kaohsiung
Astute readers will recall that the day before yesterday I tried to climb over the back of the small mountain between the ocean and Kaohsiung and ....