Li Chien-mou points out that because most of Japan's streams are older geologically speaking and therefore much tamer, river trekking enthusiasts, driven by their quest to find bigger challenges, brought the sport with them to Taiwan in 1982, and it has taken off here.
李見謀指出，由於日本的溪流多半已進入平緩的「老年期」，在尋求更大挑戰的驅動下，1982 年日本溯溪熱愛人士來台，進而帶動台灣溯溪新勢力的興起。