2021

an abandoned jeep
playing with an abandoned jeep
playing with an abandoned jeep
Luye stream 鹿野溪
a waterfall
Luye stream 鹿野溪
Luye stream 鹿野溪
Leigh checks out a stream
hoodoos around the water
mossy stream in a seam
deer prints
Raphael
stream in a seam
a worn bridge
a worn bridge
quartz
Leigh rescues a float ring
exploring a side stream and canyon
exploring a side stream and canyon
exploring a side stream and canyon
exploring a side stream
exploring a side stream
ready to leave basecamp
Morning at basecamp
Taolin hot springs 桃林溫泉
at Taolin hot springs 桃林溫泉
Taolin hot springs 桃林溫泉
at Taolin hot springs 桃林溫泉
Taolin hot springs 桃林溫泉
Taolin hot springs 桃林溫泉
hot spring
travertine deposits
travertine deposits
stories in stone
zigzag stone

colored stone
a collection of smaler stones
Luye stream 鹿野溪
Philip and Raphael
Luye stream 鹿野溪
Luye stream 鹿野溪
Luye stream 鹿野溪
Dragon's Gate
looking downstream
Raphael explores passage around the rock
Leigh and Raphael explore passage around the rock
looking downstream from the gate
looking downstream from the gate
looking downstream from the gate
helping the other group through
helping the other group through
helping the other group through
helping the other group through
looking back downstream from the gate
Leigh checks the stone
the stone
Dragon's Gate
Luye stream 鹿野溪
bleeding canyon

hot spring outcrop
hot spring outcrop
colorful outcrop
a secondary outcrop




a secondary outcrop
a secondary outcrop
Luye stream 鹿野溪
breaking rock
pebbles in the stream
a stone scoured canyon
Luye stream 鹿野溪
Luye stream 鹿野溪
a severe slot
Luye stream 鹿野溪
Luye stream 鹿野溪
Luye stream 鹿野溪
sediment records

Luye stream 鹿野溪
rocks in the pool
rocks everywhere
Looking back to Taolin
above Taolin on Luye North stream
emerald
outcrops continue above Taolin
minor outcrops
looking downstream toward Taolin


Taolin outcrop 桃林溫泉
Taolin outcrop 桃林溫泉
Taolin outcrop 桃林溫泉
Leigh gets a closer look
Taolin outcrop 桃林溫泉
Taolin outcrop 桃林溫泉
Taolin outcrop 桃林溫泉
looking downstream from 馬拉拉歐溪 Malalaou stream confluence
馬拉拉歐溪 Malalaou stream confluence
confluence of Luye stream 鹿野北溪 and Malalaou stream 瑪拉拉歐溪, with Taolin hot spring in the background
entering a marble canyon
geological meeting
hominids in a cave
outside the cave
sediment filled slot canyon
carved by water
river cut in sediment filled canyon
mineralized sediment
Joining Leigh and Raphael with light packs bound for Taolin
multi stage waterfall
Waiting for Leigh and Raphael at basecamp
basecamp at Fengshan trail 楓山古道
Luye, Day 2, 12 km trace
deer prints in the dried river sediment
storm settled sediment layers
fragile sedimentary rock

mineralized flow
side canyon
side canyon
side canyon
mixed pioneers
looking back to backpack on the main river
a side canyon
pioneering plants
through the landslide slot

a crumbly passage
fragile sedimentation
water dropping over landside debris dams
cracked rock
fragile rocks
entering a big landslide section
back out to the main river, looking upstream
back out to the main river, looking downstream
a side stream and canyon
entering a side canyon
a side stream and canyon
a side stream and canyon
a side stream and canyon
looking upstream
looking downstream
seeping water stains

lunch and rain break

Bridge of Laipunuk police road 內本鹿警備道路 ?
first slot canyon
quartz or calcite filled seams
quartz or calcite?
first slot canyon
back out to the main river
pioneering plants
entering side canyon
Crab-eating mongoose 食蟹獴 (shí xiè měng) Herpestes urva prints?
Shangli hot spring 上里溫泉
Shangli hot spring 上里溫泉
Shangli hot spring 上里溫泉
Shangli hot spring 上里溫泉
View from camp
Beinan River 卑南溪 system
view from first camp site
at Qingshui bridge 清水大橋, water inlet to Chulu 初鹿
Hongye 紅葉
Luye 鹿野
Sanxiantai 三仙台
Sunrise over the Pacific
sunset
Philip spends another night camping in Chenggong

2018

Guanshan 關山 train station
rice and tomatoes
Xiama 下馬
road to Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉 trail
Wulu River 霧鹿溪 and 大崙溪 Dalun stream confluence
大崙溪 Dalun stream confluence
Fish protected in the Wulu River 霧鹿溪
Guanshan 關山
Sunrise on the way to Guanshan 關山
Zhiben River 知本溪

Zhiben River 知本溪


Zhiben River 知本溪
Day 1 of Huadong 花東 184 km
First day finish line in Zhiben 知本

2017

Lulu stream 轆轆溪 confluence
looking downstream
Dalun stream 大崙溪 upstream and Lulu stream 轆轆溪 confluence
down to Dalun stream 大崙溪
looking downstream on Dalun stream 大崙溪
Lulu stream 轆轆溪 confluence
down to Dalun stream 大崙溪
Guan-Shan Trail 關山越嶺古道
lunch break
crossing into the 大崙溪 Dalun stream watershed
Toward Lulu hot springs 轆轆溫泉
on the trail
on the trail
fish protected in the Xinwulu river 新武呂溪 watershed
Leigh and pack on scooter
view toward the central mountains
leaving the highway, permits required
back down toward Xiama 下馬
Bishan Hot Springs 碧山溫泉 below
"Six Pits Hot Spring" 六口溫泉
"Six Pits Hot Spring" 六口溫泉
Bishan 碧山
彩霞溫泉 (cǎixiá wēnquán) "pink clouds hot springs" washed away
Beinan river 卑南溪
on the road
Leigh with pack on scooter
South cross-island highway 南橫公路, HW 20

2016

Forestry office at original trail head
Paiwan slate piling trail foundation
Peter descends




back into sunshine

grape ?











Aboriginal Volunteer Army Memorial
Aboriginal Volunteer Army Memorial
Japanese inscription
Peter at Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
back to the Japanese Shinto shrine ruins



forest at the top
trail through dwarf bamboo
environment along the top
Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
turning around to descend
Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
the Pacific ocean to the east
Beidawu Mountain 北大武山
at the top of Beidawu Mountain 北大武山

Beidawu Mountain 北大武山

Japanese Shinto shrine
Taiwan Laughing Thrush 金翼白眉 (jīn yì báiméi) Garrulax morrisonianus
Japanese Shinto Dawu shrine ruins
Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
Peter at Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
at the Japanese Shinto shrine ruins
forest closer to the top
the forest

Bruce and tree
huge tree near the Kuaigu hut
weather and mountains to the south
under and over
the forest
Kuaigu hut 檜谷山莊
at Kuaigu hut 檜谷山莊 turn off
edge of Pingtung 屏東縣 and Taitung 台東縣 counties


Peter coming up
weather coming over from the east
checking the map
male Swinhoe's pheasant 藍腹鷳 (lán fù xián) Lophura swinhoii on Dawu mountain 大武山 in southern Taiwan
Swinhoe's pheasant 藍腹鷳
looking south
Bruce on the trail
Bruce on the trail
looking south
looking south
clouds coming over obscuring sunrise, 6 AM

2014

2013

Neighbors guizhu bamboo forest below Nic & Melanie's property
Philip on the road at the bottom of the property
Another view of the settlement landscape
Close up of remnant structure
Landscape remnants of human habitat and cultivation
Where people used to live before the plum trees were planted, the quiet space.
Old part of the orchard with older trees and remnants of terracing and traditional building structures
Impromptu lunch
Platform and gathering area.

Septic tank waiting for installation
Peering into a septic tank and thinking how to connect it to other needs.
Clear view of the larger landscape
Plum blossom and their micro-ecology (spider web, etc.)
Last of the plum blossoms
Plum blossom in an ocean of sky blue
Clear area not far from water tank
Nic and Tammy on the look out platform.
Collected stream water making a new path?
Data on the county-provided ferrocement water tank
Main stakeholders: Nic, Melanie (Puyuma) and Mr. Chang (Bunun), a neighboring farmer
Mr. Chang, Bunon neighbor farmer, Melanie, and Nic.
Water tank and it's orientation on site
New community water tank courtesy of the county government
Leveled site being considered for building
Offerings are made to the local spirits
Getting low to see the environment from different a perspective
Looking to the east, human habitats on the plateaus along the river valley
Demonstrating contours on the slope
Visit Nic and Melanie's plum orchard in Luming near Luyeh in Taidong on the SE coast of Taiwan

2012

121 km Nanheng 南橫 bike ride
Bruce, Peter, Jack, Liran, Philip
Roland, Liran, Peter, Jack
Roland, Peter, Liran, Philip, Jack, Bruce

2011

Small frog on the beach among the driftwood