Taiwan Ho! writer Antonio Graceffo travelled to Tienhsang and nearby Taroko Gorge following the path of missing American teacher, Fred Frontier. (above) Antonio with Frontier's mother, Barbara Klita. Klita has moved to Taiwan in hopes solving the disappearance of her son.
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Catholic hostel in Tienhsiang, the last place Frontier was seen.
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Central Cross-Island Highway cuts it's way through the marble cliff face in Taroko Gorge.
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View from the highway at the bottom of the gorge.
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One of the many places where the highway tunnels through the gorge wall.
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Many of the footpaths in the Taroko Gorge area and wide and well-marked like this one. It would take some effort on the part of a hiker to slip or fall from the main trail, as many have theorised was Frontier's fate.
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Taisha River runs though the bottom of the gorge. Water levels can change quickly depending on the weather.
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A foot bridge spanning one of the area's many canyons.
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Boulder-strewn floor of the gorge. Strong rains and occasional earthquakes often dislodge large rocks, which tumble across roads and foot paths to the river below.
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Cross-island highway tunnel through marble cliff.
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Another of the area's less treacherous footpaths.
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