If you think your commute is stressful, you really need to take a look at this remote village in China. Both adults and children of Yushan take a villager-made cable car to and from work and school. At one 1 kilometer long and over 1,500 feet above the ground, this cable car system makes whatever you take to get around look like a sports car. This is all before you factor in how the cable cars don’t provide any sort of warmth or shelter.
Yushan resident lubricating the wire to keep things running smoothly.
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What powers the entire line.
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A family gets ready to go for a totally routine journey.
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They don’t look nervous at all.
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I guess it’s a lot easier to have faith in a contraption like this when the people who made it also rely on it for transportation.
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Off they go!
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Every person in Yushan relies on these cable cars.
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While it’s a bit of a better experience than the one pictured above, check out what it’s like taking a cable car in a nearby village.
(H/T DailyMail, EliteDaily)
I’m never complaining about my trip to work ever again…until someone annoys me during it. Then I might have to.
