WATCH: Workers shovel snow from Huashan’s perilous cliffside plank path
All in a day’s work
After it snows, some have to grudgingly go outside and shovel the snow from their driveway, others have to do so on a narrow plank walkway on the side of a mountain, with their backs to an abyss.
26-year-old Zhang Dongdong says he’s grown accustomed to the unusual daily tasks he has to perform working on China’s Mount Hua — tasks that would leave most with sweaty palms, weak knees, and hearts pounding out of their chests.
Shaanxi’s scenic and scared Huashan mountain is home to an infamous cliffside plank path. Just 30-centimeters wide, the rickety-looking walkway made of wooden boards secured to the mountainside is often referred to as one of the “world’s most dangerous hikes.”
After it snows, it’s Zhang’s job to clear the 100-meter-long path of snow, so that tourists can once again face death — in a safer fashion.
On Chinese social media, video has gone viral of Zhang, attached to a safety rope, using a shovel to clear the planks of snow. He says that the process takes him and his colleagues about an hour.
Zhang adds that while his job may seem a bit dangerous, you simply can’t beat the views.
If you’ve never before been, here’s a video to show you what climbing Huashan is like:
