Comments on: Beidawu mountain.北大武山 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1 Meanderings on living in Southern Taiwan Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:22:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kat http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-357 Kat Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:57:22 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-357 It sure looked like a lot of Taiwanese residents were up there, judging by the pictures! :) It sure looked like a lot of Taiwanese residents were up there, judging by the pictures! :)

]]> By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-349 Stephen Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:55:45 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-349 We hiked on the Wednesday after the Monday Chinese New Year and the trail was full. 60 in the hut, a dozen sleeping on the more than adaquate balcony area and probably 20 tents. Well over 100 people. I heard the hut is generally full on the weekend and I guess midweek would be relatively empty. There were lots of great people on the trail and we talked on lots of things but the history of the area was not one of them. As with all the mountain areas in Pingdong county they are strongly aboriginal. You get a feel for that as you move from the plain to the first mountain village. There is an old Japanese shrine near the summit you can see in a couple of the photos above. Dawu is an impressive and dominating mountian, it would most certainly have been legend for many. We hiked on the Wednesday after the Monday Chinese New Year and the trail was full. 60 in the hut, a dozen sleeping on the more than adaquate balcony area and probably 20 tents. Well over 100 people. I heard the hut is generally full on the weekend and I guess midweek would be relatively empty.
There were lots of great people on the trail and we talked on lots of things but the history of the area was not one of them. As with all the mountain areas in Pingdong county they are strongly aboriginal. You get a feel for that as you move from the plain to the first mountain village. There is an old Japanese shrine near the summit you can see in a couple of the photos above. Dawu is an impressive and dominating mountian, it would most certainly have been legend for many.

]]> By: Patrick Cowsill http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-348 Patrick Cowsill Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:58:45 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-348 Beautiful shots. What day did you do this hike and how was the foot traffic on the trail? I'm a bit curious about the history of North Dawu. What did the locals tell you? Beautiful shots. What day did you do this hike and how was the foot traffic on the trail?

I’m a bit curious about the history of North Dawu. What did the locals tell you?

]]> By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-347 Stephen Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:29:54 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-347 Thanks Stu for your recent info on making the Beidawu climb. Great to see your http://hikingtaiwan.blogspot.com. Meet you on a Taiwan mountain somewhere. Thanks Stu for your recent info on making the Beidawu climb.
Great to see your http://hikingtaiwan.blogspot.com. Meet you on a Taiwan mountain somewhere.

]]> By: Studawson http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-345 Studawson Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:50:48 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-345 Glad to see you made there! The pictures are fantastic, love the sea of clouds. Glad to see you made there! The pictures are fantastic, love the sea of clouds.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-342 Stephen Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:26:09 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-342 You're welcome, The sea of clouds was fantastic. No butterflies at those altitudes unfortunately. You’re welcome,
The sea of clouds was fantastic. No butterflies at those altitudes unfortunately.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Taiwan: Hiking in the mountains http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-341 Global Voices Online » Taiwan: Hiking in the mountains Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:39:46 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-341 [...] as a hiking destination but there is no lack of mountain trails. Shan Ding Lu hikes to the 3,000 metre plus peak of North Dawu Mountain. Taiwan Teacher goes rockclimbing near Taichung. Chris hikes some different trails over the [...] [...] as a hiking destination but there is no lack of mountain trails. Shan Ding Lu hikes to the 3,000 metre plus peak of North Dawu Mountain. Taiwan Teacher goes rockclimbing near Taichung. Chris hikes some different trails over the [...]

]]> By: Todd http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-340 Todd Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:41:45 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-340 Excellent pictures, the sea of clouds looks fantastic... Thanks for the report! Excellent pictures, the sea of clouds looks fantastic… Thanks for the report!

]]> By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-339 Stephen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:07:54 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-339 Thank you Ashish, When all the conditions line up correctly, hiking in Taiwan is awesome. Even when they don't quite line up, the hiking is still fantastic. With a little more phographic equipment, like a tripod instead of a rock, a remote shutter and a little wider glass, the night shot could be superb. Thank you Ashish,
When all the conditions line up correctly, hiking in Taiwan is awesome.
Even when they don’t quite line up, the hiking is still fantastic.
With a little more phographic equipment, like a tripod instead of a rock, a remote shutter and a little wider glass, the night shot could be superb.

]]> By: Ashish http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/beidawu-mountain%e5%8c%97%e5%a4%a7%e6%ad%a6%e5%b1%b1/comment-page-1#comment-338 Ashish Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:55:00 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/?p=252#comment-338 What an awesome hike. Those floating clouds photos are absolutely stunning. I especially like the fist long time exposure photo. Nice work there. What an awesome hike. Those floating clouds photos are absolutely stunning. I especially like the fist long time exposure photo. Nice work there.

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