You thought you had a tough walk to school...

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World's worst school run ends

The world's worst school run - a terrifying cable crossing over a raging torrent - has been consigned to history.



The crossing, on the most dangerous part of China's Nujiang River, has been replaced by a new 170m bridge.

It means the 500 children of Maji village in Fugong town, Yunnan province, no longer have to slide and haul themselves along a 200m cable twice a day.

Money was raised to build the bridge after the school crossing was featured on Chinese TV in a programme en led The Most Dangerous School Run.



Thanks to donations totalling £25,000, the bridge was built in three months, reports Spring City Evening Post.

"We've named the bridge the love bridge, because love is what built it," said the village head at the opening ceremony.

"Our kids no longer need to risk their lives to go to school," added another joyful villager.

The children, some as young as four, previously fastened themselves to the cable with a metal carabiner and a rope to slide across the 200 metre wide canyon.

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[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Holy .

[Herschel Walker]

On a positive note I bet kids coming out of that school had some brass balls.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I'm willing to bet every one of those kids is disappointed that they no longer get their own private amusement park ride

[bdictjames]

I'd love to walk on that. The thrill of it is exciting - but Im more concerned about the little kids that walk though.

[IceColdBrewski]

I'd have rather done that than what I had endure for 2 years in Montana. 50 minute bus ride to school, and 50 minutes back. Somtimes more if there was snow on the road.

[T Park]

I lived on the southside of SA.

I win.

[lefty]

[Brutalis]

That is freaking awesome.

[Sapphire]

The new thing looks scarier to me than the cable slide. They look like they are having fun on it anyway.

[tlongII]

I had to walk 10 miles to school. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways.

[The sone]

im sure they were going to ninja school...

[ShoogarBear]

They're making this out to be a much bigger deal than it actually was. In the winter, they could skate across.