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I've been told that teenaged boys will cross the river
just for fun. As thrill seeking goes, I suppose it beats reckless driving
and drug abuse, but not by much. Then again, I've never been interested
in snowboarding, or bungi jumping, or even skateboarding, so I'm probably
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Each crossing point has two cables, one for passing in
each direction. The starting point is about 30 or 40 feet higher than the
end point, so that the cable more or less stretches "downhill." But the
cable has some sag, and sometimes momentum doesn't carry you all the way
across. In that case, you have to pull yourself along on the cable, as
this man is doing. Or, if you prefer, you can drop to into the river to
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Although Deb and I did see people crossing the river on
these "bridges," I was not able to get a good picture. Coincidentally,
another teacher from our college was in Nujiang in the week before us,
and he came back with some excellent shots. So the photo credit for all
of these pictures goes to Wu Deyou and his Kodak 3400.
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