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Man Who Carved 6000 Steps into Mountain for Love Dies

asianoffbeat.com — A 70-year-old Chinese man hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife passed away Wednesday morning in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years.

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  • mark076h, on 01/24/2008, -15/+252so it was really a Stairway to Heaven?
    • TheLastFreeMan, on 01/24/2008, -52/+10"If heaven is an 8yr boy and the ladder is my--"
    • l00s3r, on 01/24/2008, -10/+1Hay-uh-vun!
    • hexalite, on 01/24/2008, -12/+2I'm going to play this on my guitar right now as a tribute to this man.
    • jj101, on 01/24/2008, -9/+3Looks like it could be slippery when wet.
    • tidu, on 01/24/2008, -1/+8RIP, he's too good for this world (seriously)
    • setledownslappy, on 01/24/2008, -11/+1that was seriously GAY
    • HunterSeeker42, on 01/24/2008, -5/+1And as we wind on down the road
      Our shadows taller than our soul
      There walks a lady we all know
      Who shines white light and wants to show
      How everything still turns to gold
      And if you listen very hard
      The tune will come to you at last
      When all are one and one is all
      To be a rock and not to roll...

      And she's buying a stairway to heaven
    • simpleid, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Those emoticons are pretty sweet
  • Doremitoo, on 01/24/2008, -21/+5Wow!
    • ShrimpCrackers, on 01/24/2008, -2/+7Wow indeed. The original article about the man who carved 6,000 steps included his death. So we knew he was already dead. However it seemed half of digg didn't read the article the first time. (plus look at the date of the article, it was a month ago, the same time it made the front page and later got on Diggnation). Sheesh people!
    • liamvictor, on 01/24/2008, -4/+5Sorry if it was a dupe, it never came up as a duplicate when I subbed it, and I didn't see the previous one myself.
  • Lixnig, on 01/24/2008, -4/+215Kinda makes the cake I planned to bake for my girlfriend seem crude by comparison...
    • SuperWinner, on 01/24/2008, -2/+114One time I brought the laundry up the stairs for my girlfriend...
      • AndyStitzer, on 01/24/2008, -3/+61Did you build the stairs?
      • AzureRise, on 01/24/2008, -3/+8If you didn't build them, did you at least climb 6000 stairs?
      • LordSubtle, on 01/24/2008, -4/+11Why are women's feet shorter than mens?

        So they can stand closer to the kitchen sink!
    • XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, on 01/24/2008, -4/+19Especially since you were only planning it so far
    • MyDiggIsBig, on 01/24/2008, -6/+38who are you kidding, Your a digg user, we all know you dont have a cake.
    • AzureRise, on 01/24/2008, -5/+25The cake is a lie!
    • johnnycheeks, on 01/24/2008, -3/+55The girlfriend is a lie!
    • sersdf, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2well, at least you didn't suggest the guy was just hanging out at the local bar picking up chicks all these years like kevin and alex did
    • billfisher, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7You could make 6,000 cakes ....
      • typotype2, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1OR..... just one erotic cake. Pretty sure girls like those.
        • ElAssoWipo, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4Oh yeah, that and mullets. Girls go crazy for mullets.
        • kLacK, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Hey look guys! Betty Cocker
    • EvoMR05, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I can't even climb 6000 stairs...bummer
  • ritita, on 01/24/2008, -3/+58I'm not a romantic but that is so sweet.
  • Auraness, on 01/24/2008, -3/+294R.I.P. The world needs more determination like yours, sir.
    • gmprunner, on 01/24/2008, -3/+6And more time.

      Honestly though, that's a real bummer. At least he finished the stairs before he died, though.
      • Cerebral, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1From what I read it seemed that he finished the stairs a long time ago.
    • gregmo, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7Determination comes with incentive, and obviously that incentive was the love of his life.
    • shodanx, on 01/24/2008, -4/+1did she even want a 6000 stairs mountain ?
    • shodanx, on 01/24/2008, -6/+1did she even want a 6000 stairs mountain ?
      • Landonr, on 06/30/2008, -1/+3I found your comment kind of funny, but since you double posted I have no choice but to...
        DIGG DOWN TIME!
  • morningmatters, on 01/24/2008, -1/+38Inspiring story. We certainly need more of these types stories in the US.
    • leetninja, on 01/24/2008, -7/+1in the US a man would carve stairs out of Big Macs ...
      • p337r, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Carve... stairs.. out of... Big Macs... hmm...... So like.... he would carve stairs INTO Big Macs? or like... carve stairs USING Big Macs? or... maybe BUILD stairs with Big Macs? I guess I am just supposed to laugh at your "joke" about how fat every single American is.
        • card51short, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1no you're supposed to get offended, upset then analyze his joke throughly.
          • leetninja, on 02/01/2008, -0/+1looks like my evil plan worked ...
  • Dysarthria, on 01/24/2008, -14/+52Anyone else think it would have been a lot easier to build a new house that wasn't mile up the side of a mountain?
    • InitialDMP5, on 01/24/2008, -1/+34the reason he did that was because the small town they lived in looked down on him for being with an older woman. So they went into the cave to live by themselves
      • drayzin, on 01/24/2008, -2/+4I'd still take that over having to walk up the side of a damn mountain everyday.
    • Harbinger67, on 01/24/2008, -0/+12Yeah but then he wouldn't get on Digg. This man had determination rivaled only by his foresight.
  • praderwillie, on 01/24/2008, -3/+25someone should have told this guy about Indiana
    • mikeyc252, on 01/24/2008, -0/+0wait you mean someone else besides me goes on digg in indiana
  • davewashere, on 01/24/2008, -6/+184He died over a month ago. I guess news is slow coming down off that mountain.
    • DetpackJump, on 01/24/2008, -22/+3It took his corpse that long to fall down all those steps.
      • tidu, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3Seldom do I see a comment made in poorer taste
        • DetpackJump, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0Stick around, I just registered.
    • EmperorChow, on 01/24/2008, -7/+3no its probably due to the new digg algorithm
      • malaak, on 01/24/2008, -2/+2your account will be magically deleted
    • m0zzie, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2not only that, but this news made digg front page a month ago too.. has anyone else noticed this happening a bit lately? call me crazy but i swear i've been seeing more and more stories from a month or 2 ago reappearing..
      • p337r, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2You have just been on Digg more often.
  • ieataquacrayons, on 01/24/2008, -12/+167I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that
    • planksconstant, on 01/24/2008, -15/+39then by definition, you would not do anything.
      • gmprunner, on 01/24/2008, -4/+62Nothing gets past you, does it?
      • small3687, on 01/24/2008, -5/+18Is it impossible for a comment to be made on Digg without everyone making a crack on top of it?... Oh ***** beat myself just by saying it.
    • blitzer, on 01/25/2008, -1/+1BDSM?
  • andrewcsayer, on 01/24/2008, -46/+10Man, that guy was pussy whipped.
    • kitkatsavvy, on 01/24/2008, -4/+20i hope you get ***** whipped you idiot
    • Subriot, on 01/24/2008, -1/+18Pussy whipped is when a girl makes you do it you ignorant crap, he carved the stairs because of his affection for her.
    • AzureRise, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5You have to sleep on the sofa often, don't you.
  • dude2k5, on 01/24/2008, -15/+3I saw this on diggnation

    but he died =

    sad
  • Crath, on 01/24/2008, -1/+81At least he didn't die falling down those stairs.
    That would have sucked.

    RIP: Hopefully your determination has rubbed off on some others.
  • Nudar, on 01/24/2008, -15/+9Just like in life, digg repeats itself with the same exact article being dugg again months later.
    • Kylde, on 01/24/2008, -3/+3yup, this was December, and was front page, sad
  • thebellmaster1x, on 01/24/2008, -5/+122Wow.
    Hey, Digg, have you ever wondered what love really is?
    ...It's that.
    Rest in peace, man. You're an inspiration.
    • ledguitar, on 01/24/2008, -3/+14Do you guys really want to know what love is?
      More than anything in the world, Ron.
      Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight. Gonna grab some afternoon delight.
    • thebrokenlight, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4What is love??
      Baby don't hurt me
      Don't hurt me
      No more
    • natedouglas, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Dooby dooby doo... doo-dooby dooby...
  • Rmo4, on 01/24/2008, -1/+11beautiful
  • soulkitchen, on 01/24/2008, -11/+3I wonder if its handicap-accessible? Carve a ramp??
  • frieddonuts, on 01/24/2008, -1/+38This DEMANDS a film adaptation. I would see it, cry during it, and buy it later. Maybe not that extreme, but still...
    • InitialDMP5, on 01/24/2008, -2/+17Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in a classic love story that could only be told by them. STEP LOVE.
    • Ryan0617, on 01/24/2008, -3/+5I would download it off piratebay
    • ChromaVita, on 01/24/2008, -0/+9It seems like it would be really boring. Or hilarious if they just hyped the ***** out of it, and had a bunch of big names in it. and it was literally just a film of the main character carving out stairs... for the entirety of the film.
      • liamvictor, on 01/24/2008, -2/+11Well they had a huge hit with Tom Hanks sitting on a island talking to a basketball.
    • buckrogers1965, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1It would be interesting to watch a slow paced love story without any drama. Just a life long abiding love.
    • LordSubtle, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Please close your vagina before speaking
  • batista86, on 01/24/2008, -2/+30R.I.P.
    Everybody can learn a thing or two from this guy.
  • carl25, on 01/24/2008, -10/+2***** it

    aww, that is cute
  • Subriot, on 01/24/2008, -2/+13What a gentleman, RIP. ;_;
  • zomgwaffles, on 01/24/2008, -15/+0gey
  • LanceUppercut, on 01/24/2008, -3/+18I'll add that to my bucket list.
  • travisvw, on 01/24/2008, -3/+14dugg for ***** awesome
  • richlizard24, on 01/24/2008, -1/+6It was in the original story that he had died. Didn't anyone read it?
  • Marijuana, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4I remember hearing the story not so long ago, pretty heartwarming. I wish we would live longer. Oh wait, I forgot we can: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/39
  • n0xz, on 01/24/2008, -0/+19Damn ... I wonder how many years it takes to carve those 6000 steps. Very few people on this earth have the dedication to do it, even for money. My due respect sir. RIP
  • dreamer38457, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1*Tear tear*
  • Tssst, on 01/24/2008, -14/+0Pfft.. Taj Mahal beats it
    • magnawiz, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6Except Taj Mahal wasn't built by one man.
  • TheLastFreeMan, on 01/24/2008, -11/+1DaVinci: "Oh you wanted kids? Gee I wish you would have told me that before I got you this."
    • kingmanic, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7It was van gogh. Van Gogh was the schizophrenic. Da Vinci was the pedophile.
    • IndigoMoss, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7Epic Fail my friend. I'm guessing you were thinking of the Family Guy episode where Peter goes into a flash back of Vincent Van Gogh giving his ear to his lover. Not Da Vinci.
      • TheLastFreeMan, on 01/24/2008, -5/+1Damn dude I just wanted to make a joke but you had to make it all technical. It's a ***** family guy joke, no one really said it. Great going though you proved trivial cartoon knowledge over me. Go ***** outside.
        • kingmanic, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Actually, to be pedantic it's art history we know. Family guy was referencing art history.
        • qber, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4The original joke only worked because it was Van Gogh who cut off his ear. You can't just drop the name of any random artist and expect it to be funny.
          • TheLastFreeMan, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1Yeah ok, guess I didn't read anything that other guy said after "epic fail". It pays to not be condescending.

            +1
  • AlienMushroom, on 02/21/2008, -0/+4It's a journey a man with love ought to take.
    RIP
  • Kronos6948, on 01/24/2008, -1/+8I guess he felt his job was done, and now his wife can finally venture out on her own, so he could finally rest.
    • H0ns, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1You did't it. Now I cry like a little girl!
    • Niirs, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Yah, She can venture out to find another man to build a hand rail for those stairs.....
  • chkdg8, on 01/24/2008, -1/+8What a great story of dedication. The video needs no translation.
  • goosecat, on 01/24/2008, -12/+0Carving stairs is nice but how about getting a job so you can move you and your wife out of the cave?
  • has2k1, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4As far as love is concerned, this guy raised the bar.
  • Culero, on 01/24/2008, -1/+6Is anyone curious about the lantern out of an ink bottle?
  • bonjourmr, on 04/25/2008, -1/+2He was one of the oldest members of the cougar club. Good passing to you sir! RIP.
  • RetardoCrisp, on 01/24/2008, -7/+2Repost...the original posting said he died..old news.
  • acoot, on 01/24/2008, -5/+1oh man oh man
  • sapincher, on 01/24/2008, -16/+1BREAKING NEWS. Thomas Edison has passed away at the age of old this Wednesday. He is best known for doing the kite thing. With the key.


    sorry it's a good story but it's not recent really
    • BossKey, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5The kite key thing was Ben Franklin...
    • billbillbilly, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4oh dear god please dont tell me you have confused tom with ben
      /face plam
    • Syric, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4Epic fail.
  • 067077, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5RIP, the world would be a much better place if there were more people like that guy.
  • AgentKalaw, on 01/24/2008, -2/+31Whatever you do,

    DO NOT SHOW THIS VIDEO TO YOUR GF.
    • ChromaVita, on 01/24/2008, -1/+18Somebody find AgentKalaw's girlfriend and send this video to her.
      • Jeffler, on 01/24/2008, -2/+5Done, she conveniently was still in bed over here so I put it up for her to watch when she wakes up.
      • Morality, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7Why was his right hand at your place?
  • tsotha, on 01/24/2008, -0/+17Geez, most guys won' t even take out the trash.
  • kingkang, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4This is one of those things that you read about in travel magazines or odd facts about different places.

    "hundreds of years ago, a man carved these 6,000 steps out of love..."

    ...or the beginning of a movie trailer.
  • abaaa, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4It's too bad more people don't show this kind of dedication for the people they love these days.
    • tsotha, on 01/24/2008, -3/+0They never did. This is the story of a man, not a generation.
  • luvhandles, on 01/24/2008, -2/+3It makes me wonder was the man madly in love or madly insane?
    That's a ***** load of stairs!!!
    • malaak, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1been thinkin' that myself... both i think...
    • alukima, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3There is a very fine line between love and insanity.
      Actually, I think it may be the same thing......
    • zifendale, on 01/24/2008, -0/+0Well they lived in a cave with no conveniences. It was probably a hobby of sorts so he didn't go insane...
  • Lixnig, on 01/24/2008, -1/+8There's only one reason I would ever carve out 6000 stairs:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btRp2Ltc0Eg
  • luvhandles, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1Did they ever think of living in a cave on the ground level?
  • alukima, on 01/24/2008, -1/+14This brings me to tears. I cant even find a boyfriend who will put down the seat.
    • KingGorilla, on 01/24/2008, -0/+18I can never find a woman who puts the seat up. Men and women. They have conflicting interests
    • bxblox, on 01/24/2008, -0/+12put the seat down why?
    • diavolina, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4heh.. i agree with you honey..men like that are rare these days
      • jessethouin, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3They're not rare, they're already married.
    • Daiken, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5You're probably just lookin in the wrong places.
    • Syric, on 01/24/2008, -2/+2Well we never complain when you leave it down. Or when it's already up but we need #2... just sayin'.
    • qber, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1If you don't put the seat up for him why should you expect him to put it down for you? He puts it up when he needs to go, you put it down when you need to go. Simple as that.
  • Ohimesama, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I don't care what people say, a man who does that kind of thing for his wife out of love; that's what a real man looks like.
    • bxblox, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1real man shmeal man, what did she ever do for him? shoulda gotten a real woman.
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