Thank you for this beautiful and amazing video. It reminds me of my time hiking up Patungkuonʉ, the highest mountain in Taiwan. I'm very glad you showed 影玉山. It was the one thing that I remembered the most about my entire trip. When the sun just rose behind the 海岸山脈, the shadow of Patungkuonʉ extended all the way into the Taiwan strait past the Phînn-ôo island, and I was a tiny part of that large shadow. The realization of how terrifying the trail was coming down the peak was also very memorable. I hope you enjoyed your trip to Taiwan, and return in the future to make more videos.
beautiful views!!!! hope you enjoy the trip as a Taiwanese born in a [hiking] family, i.e., my parents love hiking so much, I hit the Mt. Jade simmit when i was 12... This video totally came through my memories, love it!
Mount Jade was named New highest mountain (新高山) and Mount Snow was called Second highest mountain (次高山) during Japanese ruling Era because they were higher than Mount Fuji. Mount Ali area is inhabited by one tribe of Formosan indigenous people and it has become a tourist attraction. People go there to see the early sun rising above the clouds and big trees forest. The oldest tree there even goes back to over 3,000 years ago according to scientific verification but sadly it withered after it was struck by the lightning about 20 years ago. The term of " Climb up to the top of New Highest mountain " (登上新高山)was the code words for starting ww2 and when the Japanese military received the message the Japanese jets and aircrafts carriers began to attack the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii immediately and the ww2 broke out.