Surrounded by cliffs and a deep valley, the village is without roads to the outside world.

Local resident Zhang Xinjian has been maintaining the ropeway for the past 15 years.

I started to work at this spot since the rope was set up.

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No one would take the job, Xinjian said to theDaily Mail.

Lubricating the cables once a week is a very dangerous job.

Zhang has to take the cart and apply oil onto the cables along the way.

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Yushan is just one of the many villages around the world that lack basic needs such as safer roads.

Source:Daily Mail/Global Times

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