Wu Yu-lung, 28, who began climbing when he was eighteen and now works in the Yu Shan National Park Administration, says seven out of ten of his fellow townsmen in Tungpu used to be hired for expeditions when mountain climbing was at its most popular, and the rest were either sick or had important business to attend to.
十八歲開始帶隊上山、現年廿八歲，服務於玉山國家公園管理處的伍玉龍表示，在全盛時期，每到假日，東埔村的男人十分之七受雇於登山隊，十分之三則是生病或有要事才待在山下，因此形成東埔人長期生活在山區的情況。