Some people with a fear of heights experience discomfort when riding on the Roosevelt Island Tram and others just don’t like the jolt they sometimes receive when passing the Tram Towers. Well, for all of you who feel sick or queasy when on the Roosevelt Island Tram just be glad you don’t live in or visit the Chinese village of Yushan.
This thing makes the Roosevelt Island tram look like the Concorde.
Stunning photos published in a British magazine show a Chinese village so remote, it can only be accessed by a primitive gondola consisting of a few cables and a rickety steel basket.
The “sky road” is the only connection the 200 villagers of Yushan have to the outside world, ShortList magazine reported….
Image of Yushan Skybridge From Shortlist CoolstuffAccording to Shortlist:
… A pair of thick cables are strung between two high cliff faces with a steel cage suspended below to carry people and goods in and out of the village….
… The ropeway was built in 1997; before that villagers faced a walk of several days to get to the next nearest village.
The ropeway, which is powered by a diesel engine, is 1,000 meters long and 400 meters above the valley floor….
Click here for the entire Shortlist article. Do you feel better about riding the Roosevelt Island Tram now?