Children get safer way to traverse 800m cliff

A steel ladder will soon replace a rickety rattan structure used by children and other residents of a remote mountaintop village in southwest China to traverse an 800-meter cliff to reach the outside world.

Work on the new ladder connecting Atuleer with the rest of Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture is expected to be complete early in November.

"Children who attend the boarding school at the foot of the mountain will be able to more safely return home to celebrate the Yi lunar new year," said Er Dijiang, the village chief.