Most mountaineers who tackle the Himalayas hire sherpas to help them. For mountain climbers on Taiwan the Bunung of Tungpu play a similar role, because they are the decathletes of the mountains.
多數挑戰喜馬拉雅山的登山隊，都少不了「雪巴」助陣；對台灣的山友而言，東埔布農族的重要性正如雪巴一樣，因為他們是山裡的十項全能。