Women's Trends In China Rent Friends To Climb The Mountain, Prices Are More Expensive If You Look

Climbing mountains has become commonplace when using porter services. However, recently the trend in China is that women hire friends to climb mountains.

Launching from CNN, Thursday, December 12, 2024, the trend began with a woman named Wendy Chen who decided to challenge herself to climb Mount Tai, a well-known mountain in eastern China.

However, Wendy had a problem with her, namely that she did not have friends to accompany her to climb the mountain for five hours. However, Wendy's intention did not fail and chose to rent a climbing friend.

His hiking friend is a man who has experience in outdoor activities. Climbing is adjusted by climbers with Wendy Chen's fitness skills.

When they face the cold wind at the top, Wendy's climbing friends will rent out a thick jacket. When the sun rises, friends climb it is ready with national flags and other equipment, so they can take memorable photos for Wendy.

To rent the climbing companion, Wendy Chen paid 350 yuan or around Rp.767 thousand. Despite paying a fair price, Wendy Chen admitted that a handsomeer hiking friend could get a higher fee.

"Defense power is also part of their strength," said Wendy Chen.

Then the trend of climbing a mountain with rent friends is increasingly popular in China this year. The hashtag hijack friends' has been viewed more than 100 million times on Chinese social media.

Young athletes, often students or even military veterans advertise themselves on Chinese social media platforms such as Douyin to accompany climbing. They usually include profiles in the form of height information, fitness levels, and their hiking experience.

They usually charge between 200 and 600 yuan, or the equivalent of IDR 438 thousand to IDR 1.3 million per trip, but it can increase according to client satisfaction. While climbing, climbers' friends will do a lot to divert clients from fatigue, such as singing, playing music, making jokes, holding their hands.