【Commentary】A pair of flat stretchers, a pair of gloves, a few woven bags... In the past 8 years, Gao Wei took advantage of the holidays to carry these "equipment" into the mountains 239 times, hiked more than 2400,7 kilometers, and picked up nearly 13000,<> bottles abandoned in the mountains and more than <>,<> jin of garbage. Because of this, Gao Wei is known as the "scavenger" who walks silently in the mountains.
【Commentary】Gao Wei, 50 years old this year, is a native of Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, he loves outdoor sports, in the past, when hiking, climbing, cycling, there was a habit of taking away the surrounding garbage, watching the garbage in the mountains stretching endlessly, casually picking up, playing a drop in the bucket, so from October 2015, Gao Wei began to use the vacation time to go into the mountains around Hohhot City to pick up garbage.
【Contemporaneous】Gao Wei, the "scavenger" in the mountains
Normally, we have to walk six or seven hours into the mountains, almost 10 kilometers at a time. The most we (picked up) was in "Little Guilin", where we picked up 1150 plastic bottles, and then more than 800 aluminum bottles (cans). Now on average, it can reach more than 200 recyclable beverage bottles at a time, and some other garbage is five or six pounds.
【Commentary】When he went into the mountains to pick up garbage over the years, Gao Wei also encountered poisonous snakes, sprained his waist, stomped his feet, and was scratched by barbecue sticks, but he did not think about giving up. At first, the family did not understand, but gradually they were also moved by Gao Wei's persistence.
【Contemporaneous】Gao Wei, the "scavenger" in the mountains
It must be false to say that you are not tired, that is, every time I come back, my back is sore and my legs hurt, and I also bought some treatment equipment, and I have to wear waist pads and knee pads every time when I enter the mountain, and make a protection in advance. The family also felt a little embarrassed at first, because there were so many people around (going out), and you looked down to pick up a garbage, which seemed to be quite faceless. And every time I come back, I make the inside of that car dirty, and it doesn't taste good when it's finished. But after so many years of hard work, the family has slowly supported this matter, tired and happy.
Gao Wei is a bank employee, engaged in accounting work, he is very sensitive to numbers, every time he returns from the mountain, he will record the amount and type of garbage he picked. Over the years, he has also donated the money from selling scrap products to public welfare.
In Gao Wei's office, there is a special exhibition area where he displays some monumental bottles, and removes the pull rings of the cans he has picked up, and the pieces are interlocked to make a shiny silver "chain mail".
Gao Wei's social platform account is called "Scavenger", and while picking up garbage, he will occasionally record his daily life and share it on the video platform. Gao Wei said that he hopes that his actions can affect more people, so that everyone can take the initiative to take away garbage when traveling.
【Contemporaneous】Gao Wei, the "scavenger" in the mountains
My ultimate goal is to see that I can take my own trash out of the mountains through the arduous process of picking up garbage. In that case, the mountain is also beautiful, the environment is getting better and better, I don't have to go into the mountain to pick up garbage earlier, I can really go to the mountain to set up a tent, make a pot of tea, and look at the scenery.
Chen Feng, Li Wenhua, Hohhot reports
Responsible Editor: [Li Ji]