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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
The World’s Worst Commute
Think your commute is tough? Well, consider what the residents of Los Pinos, Colombia do every day to get to work and school.
Because their remote village is in the mountains, “commuters” have to use a zip line cable to get across a 1,200-foot-deep gorge. And each one has to bring his or her own pulley, rope, and a piece of wood to act as a brake when they get to the other side.
The alternative is a two-hour hike around the gorge.
(Source: Ripley’s Believe It or Not)
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5 comments:
I would love to try it!!!!!
The DSS would have a field day if that was in the US. So many parents would be locked up!
I'd love to try it too, but that burlap sack gives it a pucker-factor of about 9.5 out of 10!!
Mr. Taylor you r next across the gorge. Dangnabbit-dadgummit, we gonna need a thicker rope for this one, boys!!
It still looks safer than the bus rides that are children sometimes face when they go to school. No room for bullying on the zip line.
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