Wu He-rong, who has been up to the peak a dozen times or more, notes that Yu-shan is a favorite challenge for hikers from home and abroad, and among the foreign hikers, the Japanese are the biggest visitors. He once met an 80-year-old member of the Chinese Tai-pei Alpine Association who often leads groups of Japanese hikers up the mountain, which the old gent has ascended more than 800 times.
已登頂十幾次的吳和融表示，玉山是海內外登山客的挑戰與最愛，其中外籍人士以日本人居多，他曾遇到過中華山岳協會一位 80 歲老先生，經常帶日本登山客登頂，至今登頂次數已超過 800 次。