Yushan is the tallest mountain in Taiwan. It is 3,952 metres (12,966 ft) above sea level. It is the fourth tallest mountain on an island. Wikipedia writes, "On July 21, 2009. Yushan was elected one of 28 finalists in the
New7Wonders of Nature voting campaign." To give a greater sense of how remarkable the mountain is Wikipedia also writes, "The ocean waters off Taiwan's east coast are deep; in fact, submarine slopes plunge down to the
Pacific Ocean at a
grade of 1:10 and the ocean reaches a depth of more than 4,000 metres (13,100 ft) about 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the coast.
[1] From this perspective, Yushan is even more magnificent if you consider it rises 8,000 metres (26,200 ft) steeply from the nearby
ocean floor in such a short distance — est 100 kilometres (60 mi)."
Yushan is also featured on the $1000 NTD.
It was an overcast and rainy day on Yushan. But, always trying to be the optimist, I thought it could be worse. It didn't rain all day, and it started raining about half-way down. The weather could have been a lot worse.
Some birds looking for handouts at one of the rest stops.
We'll be climbing into the mist soon.
Those trees will be shrouded in mist and rain on the way down.
On the summit with the clouds and my friends from Wuchi.
