Unlike most aborigines, who have sought a more comfortable way of life by becoming more like the people below, the Bunung of Tungpu have improved their living conditions by working as guides on mountain climbing expeditions.
相對於台灣土著各族逐漸平地化、追求較優渥生活，東埔布農族人雖靠著帶隊登山，卻也改善了生活。