Ein chinesischer Dorfbewohner ruht, wie er Rohre aus Stahl für das Bauen einer Stahlleiter, an der Steilküste von einem Berg in Atulieer Dorf liefert, liangshan Yi Autonomou
A Chinese villager rests as he delivers steel pipes for building a steel ladder on the cliff of a mountain in Atulieer village, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan province, 13 October 2016. A mountain village on a cliff in southwestern China has been building a huge steel ladder to connect it to the outside world more securely, using more than 1, 500 steel pipes. The village started to construct the ladder in August 2016 with an investment of 1 million yuan ($147, 928) from local authorities. Situated at the top of a mountain in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, the isolated village of Atulieer is perched nearly 1, 000 meters above the valley floor and villagers need to climb 17 rattan ladders to reach their homes. The construction would require more than 1, 500 steel pipes with a diameter of 5cm as guardrails and steps, a village official was quoted as saying.