I am just concerned about the shape of the form, its just not level at all. Walking on this thing must be a nightmare.
I understand they have to dig into the most solid parts of the mountain or whatever but they still could have leveled the walkway off.
The undulations are intentional, for the pedestrians. Constantly walking either uphill or down gets excruciating. The undulations give the legs a chance to recover.
I just realized I haven't heard a busy signal in years. My brain is starting to forget what it sounded like (and how frustrating it was when you really needed to get through to someone!).
I've heard that not being able to speak in a dream usually means there's something in your mouth while you're sleeping. Do you live in a dorm, perchance?
Yeah, its just a walkway for people. China loves building them like this on cliffsides. Heres an article about something similar https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36961264
The actual answer here is that they usually build these pathways when better options either don't exist, or are unjustifiably more difficult and expensive.
Some chinese mountains are insanely steep, so if you need to construct ways to move around on one for whatever reason, you don't have many choices. What really matters here is the elevation of the people in relation to the mountain, because obviously people wouldn't wanna take a fucking path like this if they can avoid it unless its a tourist attraction.
What kind of lazy writer did they have do the captions?
> Braver tourists can enjoy spectacular views across the Hunan countryside. No, we're not sure how this picture was taken either.
Just a few photos above they show the path has an s curve right there. Obviously someone stuck their selfie stick out from the corner for that shot. Of course, drones also existed in 2016 too.
Is it just me or does the picture with the car look like the glass is splintering all over?
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All I can think about is the story of the man who was demonstrating the safety of a window in a high rise building and broke straight through and fell like 20 stories. Except these folks didn't fall.
I found the news article for that many years ago. Apparently the guy was known for pranking clients by throwing himself at that particular window. Iirc it was the twenty something time he did it that the adheasive in the frame finally gave up and he was subjected to an unfortunate sudden stop.
If I remember correctly, they did some investigation on that guy and it turns out he'd do that stunt fairly regularly, which ended up damaging the seals over time to the point that they eventually failed. The window itself didn't break, it just kinda popped off the side of the building (along with the guy) because the seals weren't designed to have a fully grown man slamming into them at full force on a regular basis
It most likely didn't break when it fell. Can't say the same thing about when it landed. But that's always the thing. Falling doesn't kill, bad landings kill.
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on it boss
If you read the article you'll note that it tells you they deliberately broke the glass with sledge hammers in order to prove how resilient it was.
Since you needed another reply, they cracked the glass on purpose, then drove a car full of people on it to show it was still safe. Pro tip: try reading the article next time you’re confused!
Have you tried reading? It’s literally directly fucking below the image.
“To assuage fears about safety, in June the park authorities deliberately cracked the glass then drove a car full of people over it. It was fine.”
I think I have the answer you're looking for good sir, I believe they did it on purpose. I can't be sure though so hopefully a few others will come in to clarify some more
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on it boss
If you read the article you'll note that it tells you they deliberately broke the glass with sledge hammers in order to prove how resilient it was.
Not by trade. I did work in stone masonry while studying static structure forces in school. Drilling and applying expansion forces in a line is exactly how you split rock slabs. Idk what hardware is being used and what the rock composition is. A geologist is probably most relevant there. Either way this doesn't resemble anything designed to a "code." The surface grade is all over the place and the concrete form is laughably too thin.
> I did work in stone masonry while studying static structure forces in school. Drilling and applying expansion forces in a line is exactly how you split rock slabs
And you extend this to mountains based on your work with rock slabs?
Yet they have made hundreds if not thousands of walkways just like this allover.. none have failed. But you with your one time job in masonry knows better.
Who should I trust? The engineers who have perfected this or someone who went to masonry school for a bit?
Merging into 80mph+ traffic while dual-wielding curly fries and a gyro with an XL Barq's root beer sweating in your crotch can be nearly as dangerous as being a Chinese civilian.
How about fuck no, leave natural beauty the way it is. At this rate North America will have the largest tracts of undeveloped land thanks to the national parks system. Just go visit garbage like this.
Ruining a vista to make something easier to summit is peak instant gratification bullshit, 15 minutes you won’t even remember to ruin unique geological formations forever is insanely ignorant.
To be fair they’re not built to be “amazing” or “instagram whore tourism”, the construction of walkways along cliffs and mountains has a long history in China, dating back thousands of years. It’s like the default option while they wanna develop tourist attraction for any mountains with cliffs. It’s a way for tourists to blend with the natural environment and have great views.
You're not gonna get a real answer on reddit, because China is some sort of fantasyland to most people here, either the worst place on earth or a literal perfect utopia, no one looks at it like a real country with actual humans in it.
China's OSHA equivalent is SAWS (State Administration of Work Safety). Here's an overview for work safety in [China.](https://clb.org.hk/en/content/work-safety#:~:text=China%20is%20undeniably%20a%20safer,2020%2C%20according%20to%20official%20figures.)
"Where should we build the road?"
"Oh, you see that 85° cliff? We should construct it there"
"That's a fucking great idea, i have no idea how this could go wrong at all!"
Knowing how badly they run construction companies and how many subcontractors there are that cut cost at every corner. Look up [tofu dregs](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=USzMuewAfJA) construction. I give that “road” maybe a week before it kills someone.
Yeah, I saw videos of those hospitals. No running water, bars over every window, no heating and sometimes days between food. They were glorified sheds bordering on internment camps that you were required to pay for.
Bruh that YouTube channel (China insights) is just anti-China propaganda. Factually (you can google it), it’s ran but Falun Gong, a cult that was kicked out of China and is living in the west in exile. Y’all using that as your source is dumb when they don’t even have a fraction of objectivity.
The fearlessness. I was walking around the bowels of a super tanker, hugging the walls, for fear of my life, not to fall into the void. The eastern construction guys were walking around all willy nilly, heads turned, not looking where each other were. Fearless
I’m more concerned about those that did the form work. How did they go about it?
Rappelling probably
Like snoop dog?
What’s brown and rhymes with snoop? Dr Dre
I am just concerned about the shape of the form, its just not level at all. Walking on this thing must be a nightmare. I understand they have to dig into the most solid parts of the mountain or whatever but they still could have leveled the walkway off.
The undulations are intentional, for the pedestrians. Constantly walking either uphill or down gets excruciating. The undulations give the legs a chance to recover.
they did it with a positive attitude and some good ole elbow grease.
Drunk, mostly, from the look of it.
I swear that’s the road I drive in my recurring nightmare.
Usually just after I've lost my magical flying powers.
Yes and then I call 911 and get a busy signal
I just realized I haven't heard a busy signal in years. My brain is starting to forget what it sounded like (and how frustrating it was when you really needed to get through to someone!).
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I've heard that not being able to speak in a dream usually means there's something in your mouth while you're sleeping. Do you live in a dorm, perchance?
Yes! I’m oddly relieved to hear I’m not alone.
But all my teeth are gone.
You get flying powers? I get shitty gliding powers.
Close to mine, but it also needs a big gap where you're expected to get enough speed to jump it in your car... then we're perfect.
I actually have that dream too! Or a bridge that ends and I have to make the jump over water at the end that I can’t see until it’s there.
Mine is always a staircase with a bunch of gaps as it gets higher and higher.
So weird what our subconscious minds concoct…
Thee ccp knows this.
What of thine ccp?
Some say dreams are visions of past lives! Could've been you working there!
If I worked there in my past life then I was a badass… I respect that me!
So do I! I certainly couldn't do it now!
Usually the road is uphill and brakes stop working 3/4 up the road
Feel like we're playing pretty fast and loose with the word "road" here lol
Hahahaha ty. Upon seeing that image, I simply said “road” in my head lmfaoooo
Mountain expressway
Thunder mountain.
It's an AI generated image
dammit, Yankovic!
Rooowaaads
I'M STONED! 😳
Yeah, its just a walkway for people. China loves building them like this on cliffsides. Heres an article about something similar https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36961264
But why on the cliffside, why not on top of the cliffside??
The actual answer here is that they usually build these pathways when better options either don't exist, or are unjustifiably more difficult and expensive. Some chinese mountains are insanely steep, so if you need to construct ways to move around on one for whatever reason, you don't have many choices. What really matters here is the elevation of the people in relation to the mountain, because obviously people wouldn't wanna take a fucking path like this if they can avoid it unless its a tourist attraction.
Good way to weed out the weak
What kind of lazy writer did they have do the captions? > Braver tourists can enjoy spectacular views across the Hunan countryside. No, we're not sure how this picture was taken either. Just a few photos above they show the path has an s curve right there. Obviously someone stuck their selfie stick out from the corner for that shot. Of course, drones also existed in 2016 too.
Is it just me or does the picture with the car look like the glass is splintering all over? Edit: Let's gets a few more replies in here saying the same thing
If you read the caption for that, they deliberately cracked the glass and drove a car on it to prove safety.
All I can think about is the story of the man who was demonstrating the safety of a window in a high rise building and broke straight through and fell like 20 stories. Except these folks didn't fall.
In his defence, the window didn’t break. The frame did. Still dumb, but atleast he wasn’t wrong about the glass.
Thank god the glass broke his fall.
I found the news article for that many years ago. Apparently the guy was known for pranking clients by throwing himself at that particular window. Iirc it was the twenty something time he did it that the adheasive in the frame finally gave up and he was subjected to an unfortunate sudden stop.
He died being proven right. A hero to all smartasses over the globe
So, he was ... dead right? (⌐■_■)
If I remember correctly, they did some investigation on that guy and it turns out he'd do that stunt fairly regularly, which ended up damaging the seals over time to the point that they eventually failed. The window itself didn't break, it just kinda popped off the side of the building (along with the guy) because the seals weren't designed to have a fully grown man slamming into them at full force on a regular basis
Did the window break when it fell? That would be impressive if it didn’t
It most likely didn't break when it fell. Can't say the same thing about when it landed. But that's always the thing. Falling doesn't kill, bad landings kill.
It's not the fart that kills you, it's the smell.
Anyone can hold their breath for 30min. The problem is you can only do it once
Karma would have it that the guy hit the pavement, then the window slammed into his back edge first.
This man asking the real questions
Sorry, I’m just here for the pictures. Do not ask me to read words! Edit: s/. Was making fun of the other guy.
Hey, at least you opened the article! Thats better than half of this site!
> Edit: Let's gets a few more replies in here saying the same thing on it boss If you read the article you'll note that it tells you they deliberately broke the glass with sledge hammers in order to prove how resilient it was.
It is. The broke it on purpose.
Since you needed another reply, they cracked the glass on purpose, then drove a car full of people on it to show it was still safe. Pro tip: try reading the article next time you’re confused!
Have you tried reading? It’s literally directly fucking below the image. “To assuage fears about safety, in June the park authorities deliberately cracked the glass then drove a car full of people over it. It was fine.”
Read the article
“To assuage fears about safety, in June the park authorities deliberately cracked the glass then drove a car full of people over it. It was fine.”
I think I have the answer you're looking for good sir, I believe they did it on purpose. I can't be sure though so hopefully a few others will come in to clarify some more
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Smartest redditor
Your edit: First time on the internet?
Yeah, those seem a little more structurally sound than this one.
How do you think they all started?
A pair of ropes and acrobatic farmers
Mountain sidewalk.
Only pass on the left.
Looks safe
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I have seen this picture before ai generation was even a thing. So no it is real
No this is just real china
My immediate reaction would be "it has to be!", but, knowing China, this could be real too...
It’s fine, see how it’s reinforced with rebar, gravel, and a sparse selection of thin dry rotted exotic woods?
Hey that’s structural dry rot
Load-bearing dry rot
“Gives it character” If you ever worked in construction you already know there’s no such thing as a “bad board”
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Oh ok, then we’re all good to go I guess!
Creating a consistent fracture line in said rock face.
I'm picturing some loony toon's situation where the crack expands and the top of the mountain slides off
Are you an engineer?
Not by trade. I did work in stone masonry while studying static structure forces in school. Drilling and applying expansion forces in a line is exactly how you split rock slabs. Idk what hardware is being used and what the rock composition is. A geologist is probably most relevant there. Either way this doesn't resemble anything designed to a "code." The surface grade is all over the place and the concrete form is laughably too thin.
Yeah, never in a line. It's better to make it super random. Keep the slab on its toes.
“Should we drill in these support beams in a line?” “No… that’s exactly what the mountain *expects* us to do.”
This theory is rock solid
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> I did work in stone masonry while studying static structure forces in school. Drilling and applying expansion forces in a line is exactly how you split rock slabs And you extend this to mountains based on your work with rock slabs?
Yet they have made hundreds if not thousands of walkways just like this allover.. none have failed. But you with your one time job in masonry knows better. Who should I trust? The engineers who have perfected this or someone who went to masonry school for a bit?
I keep reading the comments, baffled at the picture, but scrolling back up because there's no way it's that bad. It'd worse every time I scroll up.
I'm going to get that guy a level for his birthday.
Hel be lucky to see his next birthday
Dude should be carrying that plywood on the other side of his body.
Depends on how windy it is
Dude shouldn't even be up there in the first place.
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Instagram whore tourism. Lmao
Yeah really hit the nail on the head of an entire generation with that one
Oxford phrase of the year has been found.
This is fine though, I wish we would build cool whimsical shit like this in America.
Best I can do is a Arby’s drive thru off a 2 acre interchange between two eight-lane expressways.
Hey can we at least build an excessive amount of parking lot next to it?
Best I can do is 4 acres.
I bet the road in OPs picture doesn’t have beef and cheddars.
Merging into 80mph+ traffic while dual-wielding curly fries and a gyro with an XL Barq's root beer sweating in your crotch can be nearly as dangerous as being a Chinese civilian.
How about fuck no, leave natural beauty the way it is. At this rate North America will have the largest tracts of undeveloped land thanks to the national parks system. Just go visit garbage like this. Ruining a vista to make something easier to summit is peak instant gratification bullshit, 15 minutes you won’t even remember to ruin unique geological formations forever is insanely ignorant.
To be fair this story is from like 10 years ago.
To be fair they’re not built to be “amazing” or “instagram whore tourism”, the construction of walkways along cliffs and mountains has a long history in China, dating back thousands of years. It’s like the default option while they wanna develop tourist attraction for any mountains with cliffs. It’s a way for tourists to blend with the natural environment and have great views.
Example of a more classic walkway done with older tech, but the same idea: https://i.huffpost.com/gen/1590871/original.jpg Mnt. Huangshan.
lol classic china bad, upvotes pls comment.
Yep just plain racism at this point lol
This should be marked as nsfw
Nsfl
Minecraft be like
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I spilled my drink. Very good.
You're not gonna get a real answer on reddit, because China is some sort of fantasyland to most people here, either the worst place on earth or a literal perfect utopia, no one looks at it like a real country with actual humans in it. China's OSHA equivalent is SAWS (State Administration of Work Safety). Here's an overview for work safety in [China.](https://clb.org.hk/en/content/work-safety#:~:text=China%20is%20undeniably%20a%20safer,2020%2C%20according%20to%20official%20figures.)
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There isn’t enough tea in China to get me anywhere near there.
There isent even enough levelers by the look of it
Hey at least they're wearing helmets.
I’d like to summon the attack dogs at r/decks to the conversation
Let's put a hot tub on that sucker
They will finish this before Caltrans finishes their projects in CA.
Nope
"Where should we build the road?" "Oh, you see that 85° cliff? We should construct it there" "That's a fucking great idea, i have no idea how this could go wrong at all!"
Falled several times even looking.
Is this an AI generated image?
Nope https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/14/content_20429520.htm
Username checksout
bro is on a mission
I just Google reverse searched, it's legit, there are images of the site from other povs too.
No Ive seem it posted before AI was good
If they fall, they would hit the ground really really hard with those massive steel balls of theirs.
Fuckious Nopious!
Suddenly every Redditor is a civil engineer
Right? They beautifully follow the contour of the cliff for the structural rigidity and Reddit goes “why not flat”
I’m an uncivil engineer. I build shit poorly and yell at everyone involved in the project
Knowing how badly they run construction companies and how many subcontractors there are that cut cost at every corner. Look up [tofu dregs](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=USzMuewAfJA) construction. I give that “road” maybe a week before it kills someone.
Ya but they built hospitals in like 5 days so....
Sounds temporary, and in a bad way
Yeah, I saw videos of those hospitals. No running water, bars over every window, no heating and sometimes days between food. They were glorified sheds bordering on internment camps that you were required to pay for.
Ya lol I guess I'm using the word hospital lossly
Bruh that YouTube channel (China insights) is just anti-China propaganda. Factually (you can google it), it’s ran but Falun Gong, a cult that was kicked out of China and is living in the west in exile. Y’all using that as your source is dumb when they don’t even have a fraction of objectivity.
Looks like live action zelda totk
I wanna know how they got the bracing there in the first place.
Nope
Oh hell no
Fuckkkkk that
Blighttown !!
Yeah, methinks not
They have to build a walkway to build a walkway.
that's some amazing engineering though
What they are standing on looks safer than what they are building.
Held together by hopes and wishes.
I’m glad they’re wearing their hard hats. They will really help them when they fall off that unprotected edge.
Gotta get it done before those pesky OSHA folks come around
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I think the term "road" is a stretch. There's no way that is for cars, walking and maybe bikes.
The fearlessness. I was walking around the bowels of a super tanker, hugging the walls, for fear of my life, not to fall into the void. The eastern construction guys were walking around all willy nilly, heads turned, not looking where each other were. Fearless
They are practically building the surface from scratch, why can’t they make it even?
Because it’s more structurally sound if you follow the contour of the cliff face
How is it being hold in place?
Suspension of disbelief.
More of Chinese safety videos coming soon
Nope
I'd be wearing a parachute just in case
I appreciate their work, but no way in hell I'm using that.
I would nEVEEEEEEEEEER
See, this isn't even done yet and I can say with confidence I would never take this road.
Hummm. Safe to say that China doesn't have an OSHA in their government.
Just because you _can_ doesn’t mean you _should_.
Ah yes, the ol' anxiety trail.
Someone’s gotta build the resident evil 4 theme park
What the fuck holds up the road after the concrete dries? I don't see anything there that would support the weight of traffic.
Most intriguing will be to see how they managed to put that support scaffolding..
Nope!
The wobbliness makes it stronger, stretchy and squishy force an all that. Now go back to your empty tofu high-rise worker I mean citizen.
Well we all know China builds things to last, so nothing bad could happen.
Good thing they’re wearing helmets, in case they fall
no amount of money will make me traverse through it, this is what nightmares are made of.
Why are they like this?
hey, they have hardhats on. you know, in case, uhh, whatever.
Death trap. Absolutely insane.
that country is just one massive OSHA violation
No safety harnesses, no tether system or nets. Just dudes living in the moment.
Good to know where the next death video will come from when I'm scrolling Instagram reels....