Once, for a brief moment, I was given to wondering why bicycles were also called "pushbikes". You`re supposed to mount and ride them, not push them.
In 1989 I arrived at the foot of Yu Shan or Mount Morrison, Taiwan`s highest mountain at 12,966 feet, to find that I wouldn`t be having the standard route to myself. Also in attendance were several young members of a Japanese cycling club, here with the firm intention of riding all the way to the top. Well, the organiser of the trip hadn`t done his homework because, even by its easiest route, Yu Shan is expressly not suited to an ascent on two wheels. Not unless you have the balance of Olga Korbut and the leg power of Hercules.
So up the rough, tightly zig-zagged trail they duly pushed their bicycles. Luckily they were all as fit as butchers` dogs, so it did not matter that they were each lugging 15 kilos of useless weight to their destination.