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NFT: Schoolkids in China use ladders to climb 2625' cliff

Greg from LI : 5/27/2016 5:03 pm
Holy shit:

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For more than a dozen children in a small, remote village in southwest China, the mountainous route home from school is long — and extremely steep.

Every two weeks, when the students, ages 6 to 15, return from boarding school, they climb a chain of 17 bamboo ladders, secured to a sheer cliff face and leading some 2,625 feet up, according to reports.





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Followed by the  
Stan in LA : 5/27/2016 5:11 pm : link
World's most dangerous hike.
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boy are their kids going to be sick of this:  
GentleGiant : 5/27/2016 5:14 pm : link
"when I was your age I had to hike up a mountain both ways to get to school..."
Big Deal  
Jim in Fairfax : 5/27/2016 5:14 pm : link
I had to walk 5 miles to school. Everyday. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways.

Oh, and crocodiles.
Meh, they look happy enough to me  
widmerseyebrow : 5/27/2016 5:19 pm : link
Funny, I thought we were competing with the Japanese  
Deej : 5/27/2016 5:23 pm : link
Where were you?

Haven't they heard about  
SomeFan : 5/27/2016 5:28 pm : link
pussification? In the US, someone would go to prison and we'd hear about it for a week on the Today show.
Man, I'd totally play that game again  
Modus Operandi : 5/27/2016 6:02 pm : link
Apparently  
HomerJones45 : 5/27/2016 6:40 pm : link
there are few personal injury lawyers in China
the view is nice,  
gogiants : 5/27/2016 9:21 pm : link
but I'd want to see something with less of a commute.

Wow  
SoDev : 5/28/2016 3:28 am : link
Wonder how many falls over the last 20 years.
They should all get a free education  
spike : 5/28/2016 8:11 am : link
At Harvard
Is this part  
Big Al : 5/28/2016 8:39 am : link
of the China population control policy?
Chinese  
spike : 5/28/2016 10:14 am : link
Hunger Games for their ethnic minorities
RE: Is this part  
Tuckrule : 5/28/2016 11:08 am : link
In comment 12974441 Big Al said:
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of the China population control policy?


lmao!!
This is why  
JerseyCityJoe : 5/28/2016 4:29 pm : link
you never get involved in a ground war in Asia.
"Are we there yet?"  
Bill L : 5/28/2016 4:33 pm : link
"I have to pee"
Oh come on now  
Shadow : 5/28/2016 5:10 pm : link
Even in Games of Thrones they have an Elevator,and they have no electricity.
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