The Shifou Mountain Path

Would you walk along this wooden path?

Here is how it was made:

From: http://www.weirdasianews.com/2012/03/11/dangerous-job-wooden-path-shifou-mountain/

One Dangerous Job: The Wooden Path up Shifou Mountain

Building precarious paths along the sides of mountains is one of those jobs that should qualify both as gainful employment and a dangerous circus act.

Surely there are few things more dangerous than working thousands of feet in the air, knowing that one slip of the foot could be a fatal mistake.
The narrow walkway on Shifou Mountain in Hunan Province, China, is held together by wooden supports that sit in holes, which must first be drilled into the face of the mountain.
Of the workers assigned to this perilous task, most are locals who have lived and worked in the mountains all of their lives.
“Young people don’t want this job as it means we have to stay deep in the mountains for months, sometimes even years … But I don’t feel it’s so different from any other job. It’s not as dangerous as people think. You just wear the ropes, and then everything is okay,” said Ji Yu, 48, who has been doing this type of work for more than a decade.
Another mountain path along another mountain depicted in the video below is similar, but not quite as long as this one.
When completed, this path will run nearly two miles, making it the longest of its kind in China.
One question remains: Would YOU cross this footpath when it is completed?
To each his own, but insurance rates must be high for those employed in this kind of work.

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Think I'll give this adventure a pass.....