Taian Outdoors 2: Backdoor to Jiali Mountain: Tiger Mountain (泰安戶外2：加里山秘境入口：虎山)
For more dedicated explorers, continuing far beyond Tiger Peak to Jiali Mountain (Jialishan / 加里山) is where the real challenge is...
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The Cartographer
- Jan 5, 2022
- 10 min
Taian Outdoors 1: Tiger Mountain, Taian's Forgotten Mountain (泰安戶外1：失落的虎山)
INDEX Welcome / Main post / Hundred Pace Snake (百步蛇) / The nitty-gritty (GPS, GPX, and more) Click here for GPS, GPX, and more Welcome to...
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The Cartographer
- Dec 11, 2021
- 14 min
Hot Springs EVERYWHERE! Baolai River Qikeng, Shikeng, Shisankeng Hot Springs 到處都是溫泉！寶來溪七坑，十坑，十三坑溫泉
With at least five hot springs, Baolai River (寶來溪) is a relaxing river tracing and camping destination.
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The Cartographer
- Jun 28, 2021
- 15 min
Beyond The Golden Grotto 黃金峽谷再進去 (River Tracing the Sanzhan River Part II)
River Trace in Taiwan (溯溪) beyond the Golden Grotto (黃金峽谷) and visit Ferocious Falls (殘暴一號瀑布) at the edge of the Platinum Grotto (白金峽谷).
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The Cartographer
- Jun 17, 2021
- 19 min
Five Years of The Golden Grotto 黃金峽谷五週年紀念 (River Tracing the Sanzhan River Part I)
The Golden Grotto is Taiwan's premiere river tracing (canyoning) destination. A spectacular, remote slot canyon and an unbelievable, once in
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The Cartographer
- May 25, 2021
- 18 min
Lost Valley: Jungles & Canyons Beyond Double Dragon & Danlong Waterfalls 失落峽谷：五峰鄉雙龍瀑布和丹龍瀑布再往上走之冒險
What lies beyond the Double Dragon and Danlong Waterfalls of the Maibalai River in Taiwan's Wufeng Township? River trace with us & find out!
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The Cartographer
- May 12, 2021
- 10 min
Zhijiayang Mountain and Snow Mountain South Peak 台灣志佳陽山和雪山南峰
Hiking Zhijiayang Mountain & Snow Mountain South Peak in Taiwan! See Zhongyang Jian Mountain, Ridge of Death, Holy Ridge, & Wuming Mountain.
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The Cartographer
- Apr 28, 2021
- 9 min
Taiwan's Beigang River: Huisun Hot Springs - in a cave! 台灣北港溪：山洞中的惠蓀溫泉！
Visit Taiwan's Huisun - Hot Springs in a cliffside cave! River trace through a canyon, camp under the stars, explore Beigang River!
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The Cartographer
- Apr 20, 2021
- 10 min
Learn to Hike in Taiwan 5: Jiali Mountain Part II, The Hakani Mountain Loop (加里山 - 哈堪尼山縱走)
Don't worry if you don't live in Taiwan, you can still learn what kind of hikes to find and steps to take to become a better hiker!
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The Cartographer
- Apr 9, 2021
- 8 min
Learn to Hike in Taiwan 4: Jiali Mountain Part I, There and Back Again (加里山)
Don't worry if you don't live in Taiwan, you can still learn what kind of hikes to find and steps to take to become a better hiker!
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DC
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
Finding the Exotic in Your Own Back Yard
Beauty and the exotic may be closer than you think ______________________________ Sometimes it’s tempting for me to think we need to...
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DC
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Taiwanese Spiders (Less Scary and More Beautiful than you Think!)
Hiking in Taiwan is always an adventure. Poisonous snakes, deadly murder hornets as big as a grown man's little finger, huge spiders! But...
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The Cartographer
- Mar 22, 2021
- 9 min
Learn to Hike in Taiwan 3: Gaotai Mountain and the three Daotian Peaks (高台山-小，中，大島田山縱走)
Don't worry if you don't live in Taiwan, you can still learn what kind of hikes to find and steps to take to become a better hiker!
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The Cartographer
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
Exploration and adventure in search of wisdom
Look ahead. What do you see? Here's a photo from one of my past journeys. Would I have seen my future self? Hard to say... but looking...
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The Cartographer
- Mar 16, 2021
- 6 min
Learn to Hike in Taiwan 2: Five Finger Mountain (五指山)
Don't worry if you don't live in Taiwan, you can still learn what kind of hikes to find and steps to take to become a better hiker!
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DC
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Reflections on a Bike Ride
A bike ride through Taiwan's exotic and beautiful countryside rice paddies at sunset inspires me to reflect on the deeper meaning and...
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The Cartographer
- Mar 8, 2021
- 6 min
Learn to Hike in Taiwan 1: Fire Mountain (火炎山)
Don't worry if you don't live in Taiwan, you can still learn what kind of hikes to find and steps to take to become a better hiker!
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DC
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Mists and Mountains of Taiwan
Join me on a pictographic odyssey into the sometimes misty, always amazing interior of this island on the edge of the world. Those who...
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The Cartographer
- Feb 25, 2021
- 5 min
Hsinchu 17 K Coastal Bike Trail: A Bike Ride along the Taiwan Strait 新竹17公里海岸自行車道
Check out this 17k coastal bicycle route ride in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Sometimes it's the things you least expect that are the most beautiful...
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The Cartographer
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Discover the Book of Names
The Book of Names is a special, ongoing quest. It is a collection of people - their names, languages, cultures, countries, hopes, dreams,...
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The Cartographer
- Feb 6, 2021
- 6 min
Seven hiking and adventure ideas for Chinese New Year in northern Taiwan!
UPDATE: We have published a series of full, much more detailed articles for each of the hikes below. They include much more easily...
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DC
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
Winter Sleeping Gear 2021
Here's the gear that kept me warm at night in the recent hike to Qilai - Nanhua Mountain in Taiwan. I'm also planning to take it to our...
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The Cartographer
- Jan 29, 2021
- 7 min
Fengqi Sunset Trail Tunnels and Bunkers: Lost Labyrinth Revisited 回到天得堂風氣步道防空洞
Discover an abandoned maze of KMT military bunkers and tunnels in the jungle hills of Taiwan - right in easy driving distance of Hsinchu!
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The Cartographer
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
Winter Visits the Tropics: Light and Ice at Taiwan's Qilai Nanhua Mountain.
Ice shimmers in the cold morning like crystal, frozen berries and bamboo glint like gems, and above the mountain sun bathes all in hues...
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