These are amazing!

SamIam · 08-10-2011, 09:57 AM

Came in e-mail

Thousands of metres up the vertiginous slopes of Shifou Mountain in Hunan Province, China, a team of workers, operating with hardly any safety measures, are building a footpath.

(con't)

SamIam · 08-10-2011, 10:17 AM

The workers are building a plank road on the side of the mountain that, once it is finished, will stretch for 3km (9843 ft) and be China's longest sightseeing footpath.

SamIam · 08-10-2011, 10:23 AM

48-year-old Yu Ji (below) is one of the workers and he has been working on high cliffs building such plank roads for more than 10 years. He comments: "Young people don't want this job, as it requires them to stay deep in the mountains for months or even years"

SamIam · 08-10-2011, 10:27 AM

Building a plank road on Shifou Mountain is difficult because the cliff stands vertical at 90 degrees, without any slope or alcoves.

footfootfoot · 08-10-2011, 10:30 AM

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48-year-old Yu Ji (below) is one of the workers and he has been working on high cliffs building such plank roads for more than 10 years. He comments: "I've worked on high cliffs building plank roads for ten years, but do they call me a high cliff plank road builder? No, they do not. But you fuck ONE goat..."

Trilby · 08-10-2011, 11:28 AM

See what you can accomplish when OSHA isn't involved?

glatt · 08-10-2011, 11:31 AM

These are great pictures. You really get a feel for the place and what they are doing. Crazy Chinese. Once that walkway is finished and used by thousands of people for a few years, I'd love to try it out myself.

Griff · 08-10-2011, 12:15 PM

That is really spectacular.

Nirvana · 08-10-2011, 10:17 PM

Fabulous!

classicman · 08-10-2011, 10:22 PM

One has to wonder how long that thing is gonna stay up there...

ZenGum · 08-10-2011, 11:23 PM

Quite a while, I'll guess. It's steel-reinforced concrete anchored deeply into solid rock. Actually I think the rock itself will be the weak point. Looking at the rock I think it might be limestone - there is a lot of that in China, and it is what forms the beautiful karst landscapes that they're probably visiting to look at. You can also see eroded dimpling in post 3 pic 2, which is typical of limestone. Limestone is water soluble and mobile at the best of times, and positively dissolves when exposed to even weak acid. Look at the smog in that valley! Every drop of rain will trickle mild acid down the face of that cliff, seeping into cracks and gaps, until one day ...

Or perhaps the most obvious risk is a big block of the cliff above coming loose and chashing down on the path.

I'd walk it, from a safety point of view, but I'm not sure why, given that the lovely view is pretty much clouded by smog. Yech.

skysidhe · 08-11-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

See what you can accomplish when OSHA isn't involved?

chuckle

08-10-2011, 09:57 AM	#1
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	These are amazing! Came in e-mail Thousands of metres up the vertiginous slopes of Shifou Mountain in Hunan Province, China, a team of workers, operating with hardly any safety measures, are building a footpath. (con't) Attached Images Last edited by SamIam; 08-10-2011 at 10:13 AM.

08-10-2011, 10:17 AM	#2
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Footpath con't The workers are building a plank road on the side of the mountain that, once it is finished, will stretch for 3km (9843 ft) and be China's longest sightseeing footpath. Attached Images

08-10-2011, 10:23 AM	#3
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	And more Footpath! 48-year-old Yu Ji (below) is one of the workers and he has been working on high cliffs building such plank roads for more than 10 years. He comments: "Young people don't want this job, as it requires them to stay deep in the mountains for months or even years" Attached Images

08-10-2011, 10:27 AM	#4
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	And onward! Building a plank road on Shifou Mountain is difficult because the cliff stands vertical at 90 degrees, without any slope or alcoves. Attached Images

08-10-2011, 11:28 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	See what you can accomplish when OSHA isn't involved? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-10-2011, 11:31 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	These are great pictures. You really get a feel for the place and what they are doing. Crazy Chinese. Once that walkway is finished and used by thousands of people for a few years, I'd love to try it out myself.

08-10-2011, 12:15 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That is really spectacular. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-10-2011, 10:17 PM	#9
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Fabulous! __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

08-10-2011, 10:22 PM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	One has to wonder how long that thing is gonna stay up there... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-10-2011, 11:23 PM	#11
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Quite a while, I'll guess. It's steel-reinforced concrete anchored deeply into solid rock. Actually I think the rock itself will be the weak point. Looking at the rock I think it might be limestone - there is a lot of that in China, and it is what forms the beautiful karst landscapes that they're probably visiting to look at. You can also see eroded dimpling in post 3 pic 2, which is typical of limestone. Limestone is water soluble and mobile at the best of times, and positively dissolves when exposed to even weak acid. Look at the smog in that valley! Every drop of rain will trickle mild acid down the face of that cliff, seeping into cracks and gaps, until one day ... Or perhaps the most obvious risk is a big block of the cliff above coming loose and chashing down on the path. I'd walk it, from a safety point of view, but I'm not sure why, given that the lovely view is pretty much clouded by smog. Yech. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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