Wild Commutes That Make Rush Hour Traffic Look Easy

Mountain Scaling 

While some people ride atop the mountains, others are forced to climb them. A group of students in China spends their commute to school climbing the ladders and cliffs to get to their classes. Their village is called Atule'er, which translates to a cliff village. Their total time used to be 3 hours up the 4,593-foot mountain on rickety ladders, but once the government replaced them with steel ladders, the time became one hour. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.