About
I came to Shenzhen for work. I stayed because it became home.
I'm Jacky Liu.
I've lived in Shenzhen for 14 years, and somewhere along the way this city became much more than the place where I built my career.
My work has taken me through procurement, product management and international sales — mostly around China's manufacturing and new-energy industries.
That meant factories, suppliers, products, negotiations, customers from different countries, long business trips and more meetings than I can remember.
It taught me to be practical.
Listen carefully. Understand what someone actually needs. Notice the details. And solve problems without making a big show of it.
I think those habits carry over surprisingly well to hiking.
Somewhere along the way, I became a traveler too.
I've traveled across Asia, the United States and Europe.
One trip I still think about often was spending more than a month driving around Europe on my own.
Traveling independently teaches you something: when you arrive somewhere unfamiliar, one reliable local person can completely change your experience of a place.
Not someone who knows every historical fact. Just someone who knows how things actually work. Someone you can ask a stupid question. Someone who tells you honestly when an idea isn't worth doing.
I like that kind of traveler. And that's the kind of local I'd like to be.
Why hiking?
Work can be full of screens, messages, deadlines and meetings.
Hiking gives me almost the opposite.
Time. Distance. Quiet. A bit of discomfort. And enough space to think.
I like long, demanding routes, and I'm comfortable with a hard day outside.
But hiking has never been only about reaching the top for me.
The best part is usually somewhere in between: a conversation, a ridiculous moment, helping someone through a difficult section, or sitting down somewhere with a view and realizing nobody has looked at their phone for twenty minutes.
That's the part I want to share.
A few things I value
Be reliable.
If I say I'll be there, I'll be there. The simple things matter.
Be honest.
If the weather is bad, the trail isn't worth it, or I think a route is wrong for you, I'll tell you.
Stay curious.
I'm genuinely interested in what brought people to Shenzhen and how they see China from the outside.
Don't turn everything into a performance.
Not every hike needs a summit photo. Sometimes the best days are the ones nobody planned very carefully.