Kids in China finally get steel ladder to make dangerous climb to school slightly safer

Kids in Atule'er, an isolated village on a top of a mountain in Liangshan Yi, China. are going to be safer when they travel to school from now on.

According to Izismile, the village is home to 72 families and is also known as a 'cliff village'.

To get to school, children has to climb up an 800-meter cliff using 17 vine ladders tied together with no safety measures.

Now, the ladder is made of steel and is larger than the one before.

Safety rails were also added to make it less risky.

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