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Getting to school the hard way.

By Miss Cellania in Pictures, Travel & Places on Jul 26, 2007 at 9:39 pm


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Children of the Nujiang Great Canyon in China must cross a river to get to school, but there is no bridge. Instead, they harness themselves to a loop and cross on a rope suspended between trees on either side! Link


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  1. pixelmaster321354
    Jul 26th, 2007 at 10:00 pm

    Shopped

  2. jojo
    Jul 26th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

    wondered how they get back home

  3. Mayor of Shekou
    Jul 27th, 2007 at 1:23 am

    And it's uphill both ways! With snow above my head in the winter...

  4. Sid Morrison
    Jul 27th, 2007 at 7:39 am

    And if a girls falls into the river, it just provides an opportunity for the family to try for a boy in "one-child" Red China.

  5. Andrew32
    Jul 27th, 2007 at 11:08 am

    Dude, that'd be kick ass.

  6. L
    Jul 27th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

    I can just imagine the stories they'll be telling their grandchildren about the walk to school.

  7. Alex
    Jul 28th, 2007 at 8:37 am

    You know, uphill both ways *is* technically possible. See if you can figure it out.

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