Because he is regularly out and about scouting construction sites in the mountains, 60-year-old Yeh can move at a fast pace. Even the young guys admit they cannot keep up with him. For most climbers it takes some six or seven hours to climb from the entrance on the east Mt. Hsueh trail to 369 Lodge.
由於經常在高山探勘施工地形，已耳順之年的葉宏賢腳程之快，連年輕小夥子都自嘆弗如；一般走雪東線，從登山口到三六九山莊，山友的腳程約六至七小時，他只需兩個半小時，簡直是身影如飛。