For the children of the Atule'er village in China, the journey to and from school is usually a matter of life and death, with a whole lot of vertigo in between. I'm not just saying that because walking to school in the wee hours can feel like a literal death grip, I'm saying that because their village is located at an altitude of 4600 feet, and the isolated nature of the village makes it staggeringly hard to get anywhere without risk.

In fact, according to Huanqiu, the children have to navigate precarious, unsecured vine ladders on the side of a steer drop rock face to travel to school. Their cliff village sits on top of a 2,624-foot-tall peak, while the school is at the bottom of this mountain.

Only 72 families live in this village, which is located in the county of Zhaojue County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The children spend 2 weeks at the Le'er Primary School once they complete the journey, after which they climb back up the same treacherous 'ladder' to go home.

The journey can take more than two hours for the children, and apart from being potentially deadly, it's also very tiring, especially considering the children are as young as 6 years old.