Summer in the Lake District certainly has given us a wide variety of weather. When the weather’s good and there’s a free day, I’m making the most of it all and exploring the Lake District mountains, sometimes with family members, … Continue reading Summer in the Lake District: Making the Most of those Mountains!
Can’t quite believe it. 10 mountains. 10 hours of walking. 1 day. 25 km. 53, 437 steps. Highest point: 1,120 m. The WHOLE Yang-Ming Shan traverse. Up and down, and down and up all day long. Steep steep steep, but dry. No mud. A little sun. Perfect! All 10 mountain markers…. Yang-Ming Shan is the range of mountains above Taipei City. I’ve been up there many times and done the whole ‘traverse’ in sections before. This time last year, I did it all over 2 days (see that report here). This is the first time ever I’ve done the whole … Continue reading ‘陽明山東西大縱走活動’ ‘Yang-Ming Shan East-West Vertical Traverse’ 2018!
Today is Dragon Boat Festival and so yesterday was a day off too – yippee! So up to the Yang-Ming Shan Mountains to escape temps of 37.1°C recorded in Taipei City…. We had sun and clouds and fog, on and off all day ~ good for walking, but not so good for photos! First to Erziping 二子坪, then up to Mian-Tian Shan 面天山, Datun Shan 大屯山 and finally along to Qishing Shan 七星山 via the fumaroles at Xiaoyoukeng 小油坑 ~ that’s 3 mountains and quite a way in-between, finishing in a foot-bath at the Lengshueikeng 冷水坑 Hot Springs! It’s the Yang-Ming … Continue reading Yang-Ming Shan Mountains 陽明山國家公園 ~ Escaping the Heat!
Catherine Lee 