But for the workers renovating the shelters, time is money. While climbers, normally inveterate urban dwellers, screw up their courage while climbing Crying Slope or, losing their sense of direction, end up among the dense firs of the Black Forest, the builders have already been merrily on their way, reaching the country's second-highest peak before sunset-the peak of Mt. Hsueh at an elevation of 3,886 meters.
但對於整建山屋的工程人員而言，時間就是金錢，當平日深居都市的山友，苦著臉走在哭坡上或摸不著方向陷入滿是冷杉的黑森林中時，他們已安步當車，在夕照前攻上全國第二高峰──標高三八八六公尺的雪山頂。