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Dawg Flight Excursion to Mount Alishan February 1970 - Part II

Updated 18 November 2015 / Added 1 July 2008


  Over a three day break in February 1970 approximately 18 members of Dawg Flight took a bus trip from Shulinkou Air Station to Mount Alishan (Click Here) located in the south-central part of the island. The trip took several hours by bus and a narrow gauge train that utilized a series of switchbacks to climb up to Mount Alishan, On top was the small logging town of Alishan and a hotel where we stayed. The weather ranged from tropical conditions at the base of the mountain to cold, tundra-like conditions with snow at the top. It was a great trip.

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(Click on Map to Enlarge)
Source: "A Pocket Guide To Taiwan", Dept of Defense (July 1965)
Mount Alishan is in located in the south-central section of the map (shown on map as "Mt. Ali").


Mt. Alishan Trip Photos by Mike Hine, February 1970

Photos by Mike Hine (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
(1.) Bus to Alishan (far right). Brian Brady (foreground with camera) and Steve Murphy (right).   (2.) Mike Hine.   (3.) Hotel in Alishan where everyone stayed.


Photos by Mike Hine (Click on Photos to Enlarge)

1) Sunrise over Mount Alishan.
2.) Crowd viewing the sunrise over Mount Alishan. Pete Conroy (foreground) is wearing a Nehru jacket.
3.) Walking back to the hotel in Alishan after watching the sunrise (from left) John "JB" David, Brian Brady, Steve Swallom (yellow jacket), U/ID (hood), Bob Koenig (right).
4.) Breakfast at the hotel in Alishan after watching the sunrise over Mount Alishan. (From left) Nelson Carpenter (blue jacket), Brian Brady, John "JB" Davis, Bob Koenig (yellow jacket-facing camera), Mike Keogh, Steve Murphy, Mort Gearhart and Fred Kirschstein (back to camera- lt. brown jacket).


Photos credits: (1. & 4.) Mike Hine   (2. & 3.) Dave Vandierdonck   (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
(1. & 2.) Alishan train station and gift shop.   (3,) Group at the Alishan train station waiting for their train down the mountain: (From left) Bob Koenig,
Bill Martin, Pete Conroy, John Davis, Mike Keogh, Fred Kirschstein, Ray Sorensen.   (4.) View from the Alishan train station.




Mount Alishan photos above by Mike Hine (Click on Photos to Enlarge)


Additional Mt. Alishan Trip Photos by Dave Vandierdonck, February 1970

Photo credits: (1., 2., & 3.) Dave Vandierdonck   (4.) Mike Hine   (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
(1.) Ray Sorensen (window), Dick Ferretti, Nelson Carpenter.   (2.) Ray Sorensen (left), Dick Ferretti.   (3.) Dick Ferretti (right) at the "Sacred Tree" (far left).
(4.) The "Sacred Tree" (background) the oldest tree in Taiwan.


Photo credits: (1., 2., & 4.) Dave Vandierdonck   (3.) Nelson Carpenter   (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
(1.) Dick Ferretti (far right).   (2.) Mort Gearhart (left), Dick Ferretti.   (3.) Dave Vandierdonck (left), Steve Swallom, Bob Ellendorf, Mike Keogh, Bob Koenig,
Dick Ferretti, Ray Sorensen, Larry Briske (glasses), John Davis, Fred Kirschstein, Pete Conroy (foreground), Mike Hine (right).   (4.) Mike Hine (left), Mike Keogh,
Ray Sorensen, Bob Ellendorf, Nelson Carpenter (window), Steve Murphy (right).


Photos by Dave Vandierdonck (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
(1.) Bill Bonar (left), Steve Swallom, Al Luczyk, Brian Brady, John Davis, Bob Koenig, Mike Keogh, Mike Hine, Pete Conroy, Ray Sorensen (plaid shirt-right).
(2.) "Three Generation Tree".   (3.) Unidentified (left), Pete Conroy, Steve Swallom, Dick Ferretti, Mort Gearhart (right).   (4.) Village.


Additional Mt. Alishan Trip Photos by Steve Swallom, February 1970

Photos by Swallom (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
(1.) Mike Keogh, Mort Gearhart, Bob Koenig, Nelson Carpenter, Pete Conroy.   (2.) Steve Swallom.   (3.) Ray Sorensen, Bob Ellendorf, Paul Pete Conroy, Dick Ferretti.
(4.) Steve Murphy (left), Bob Ellendorg, Pete Conroy, Fred Kirschstein, Dave Vandierdonck.


Photos credits: (1.) N. Carpenter   (2.) D. Vandierdonck (   (3. & 4.) S. Swallom   (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
(1.) Ray Sorensen (plaid), JB Davis, Steve Swallom, Mike Hine (right)   (2.) Ray Sorensen   (3.) Steve Swallom   (4.) Mort Gearhart, Dick Ferretti.


(Bottom row) Photos credits: (1.) S. Swallom   (2. & 3.) Paul Schultz   (4.) Mike Hine   (Click on Photos to Enlarge)
(1.) Fred Kirschstein (left), Bob Ellendorf   (2.) Alishan sign (photo by Paul Schultz)   (3.) Paul "Pope" Schultz   (4.) Mt. Alishan view.



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