Hikers getting ready to head back down the mountain dump whatever they can on the top to avoid lugging it back down. People make "pit stops" by the side of the trail. Huang Wen-ch'ing, director of the recreation department at Taroko Gorge National Park, found a pile of trash beside a climbers 'hut more than three feet high.
登山客結束行程下山前，為免再背負重物，總是把能丟的東西丟在山上；也有人就在步道、山徑上「方便」；太魯閣國家公園觀光遊憩課課長黃文卿不久前帶隊上山清垃圾，發現登山小屋旁的垃圾堆了三尺多高。