Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/16 14:45:10
By: CNA staff writers Elizabeth Hsu and Chang Shu-ling

Experienced mountaineer Lin Yi-hua (林乙華) has traveled to distant parts of the globe to

Hikers on a mountain summit in the Central Mountain Range. Photo courtesy of Lin Yi-hua

explore some of the world’s best known mountain ranges.

But even after hiking and climbing in India, the Caucasus region, Kyrgyzstan, Argentina, and South Korea, nothing mesmerizes her more than the peaks seen in her homeland of Taiwan.

“When you’re on the top of a mountain (in Taiwan), what hits your eyes instantly are layers and layers of volatile clouds,” Lin says. “The spectacle sticks in your mind and lingers there even when you’re scaling mountains overseas.”     [FULL  STORY]