"North Warrior Mountain & Sun Spring Real Mountain Taiwan 🇹🇼 Quíntuple Mountains ⛰️ (3/5) Baiyue - The 100 Peaks of Taiwan (6/100) The name Beidawushan commemorates the aboriginal Taiwanese warriors who fought alongside the Japanese during WW2. They fought facing the enemy to the north, as American forces slowly took control over the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Mt Kavulungan is the aboriginal name of the peak, and was regarded as sacred ground. The Chinese characters that sound out Ritangzhenshan resemble the aboriginal name of the bonus peak. Brian and Yifang joined me for the outing, which was very helpful since hiking in Taiwan is very complicated for foreigners. We reserved a private shuttle that picked us up at Zuoying Station and took us to the trailhead. We took a wrong turn that took us right below Ritangzhenshan so I ran up the bonus peak on the way in. I was very surprised to see few people on the trail, but now I know why. Afternoon showers are common here, and everyone else was just ahead of us. It slowly got cloudier and mistier then eventually the clouds opened. I’ve never been rained on so hard in my life. We got completely soaked, and we stumbled i..." — seancasserly • May 19, 2023