Miracle of Human Engineering No.36: 10 Once you ride the cable car in the world, you will never forget it.

Have you ever been on a cable car? Does the feeling of floating on the mountain make yo

Miracle of Human Engineering No.36: 10 Once you ride the cable car in the world, you will never forget it.

Have you ever been on a cable car? Does the feeling of floating on the mountain make you move? Floating in the sky, staring at the peaks and canyons hundreds of meters below, and safer than paragliding. Whether it's a simple commute in a metropolis or a ski trip at the top of the Alps, you can see the cable car.

This issue of Miracle of Ergonomics will take you to explore 10 cable cars around the world. Maybe your future travel is inspired by this article!

Ngong Ping 360, with a total length of 5.7 kilometers, is a cable car route on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, connecting Tung Chung and Ngong Ping Mountain on Lantau Island, and is the location of the Giant Buddha of the Temple of Heaven and Baolian Temple. In the past, you could only travel here by steep mountain roads, and it took 1 hour to reach the top of the mountain, while it only took 20 minutes by cable car, and you could also enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lantau Island, Chek Lap Kok Airport and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge from high altitude. If you think it's not enough, you can choose to take a crystal carriage and enjoy the thrill of shaking your legs!

The world's first roofless double-deck cable car was built in Lucerne, Switzerland, to replace the old cable car of 1975. Shidanfeng cable car was opened on 20 12, and it can transport 60 people to the top of Shidanfeng at a time. The Swiss post office also issued commemorative stamps to commemorate it. Although the roof-less cable car is exciting, the beautiful scenery along the way makes people forget their fears. From the cable car, you can clearly see the beautiful scenery of Lake Lucerne and feel the gentleness of Switzerland in the oblique wind and drizzle. Arriving at the observation deck of the Peak Station, you can also see many famous peaks such as Jungfrau Peak and Tieli Mountain, and the scenery is magnificent and moving.

Banan Mountain is one of the three summer resorts in Vietnam, with a cool and pleasant climate all year round. As early as 100 years ago, this was the place where French nobles punched in in the summer (Vietnam was once a French colony), and because of this, the French built many beautiful holiday villas on Mount Banan. In addition to the cool and beautiful natural scenery, the cable car is also a highlight of Banan Mountain. The cable car in Banan Mountain is 580 1 m long, and tirelessly sends guests to the mountain of 1.500 m. Along the way, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Banan Mountain, or clear Wan Li or misty clouds, with lush virgin jungle and gurgling water at your feet. Of course, building cable cars has never been Vietnam's strong point. Cable car parts are shipped from Sweden and Germany.

Built in the rugged Chino Canyon, Palm Springs Aerial Cable Car is the largest revolving cable car in the world, connecting the valley bottom of Kotchera and the peak of San jacinto. During the journey of 1 1 minute, the Palm Springs aerial cable car can take tourists to the peak of about 2000 meters, which is very fast. It is said that there is still a certain sense of pushing back! Along the way, you can overlook the desert city at your feet and look up at the second peak in Southern California. If you choose to go in autumn, you can also see maple leaves all over the mountain! 1960, in order to build an aerial cable car in Palm Springs, the California government had to use helicopters to install some cable cars in place to protect the integrity of the natural canyon.

The French Rhone-Alpes region has not only beaujolais, the old town of Lyon, which is rich in grapes and wine, but also a famous ski resort in the Alps. Vano Express is a fast-track connecting Lapranie Ski Resort in Alps and Lejsal Ski Resort. The Vano Express can carry 200 people at a time, with a total length of 1 0,800 meters, and it only takes 4 minutes to complete the journey. Just from its description, we can see that it is not a traditional cable car, and its design and operation are unique. What is even more amazing is that Vano Express once hosted "flying Frenchmen" Julian Milot and Dan Red Mei Lite, who crossed the distance of 57 meters between the two cable cars on the steel cable.

Sweet Bread Mountain is located at the entrance of Guanabara Bay and is one of the symbols of Rio de Janeiro. You can choose to climb the 394-meter-high mountain top by the Sweet Bread Mountain Cable Car, overlooking the panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro and the crescent Copa cabannes Beach, and then leave your name on the memorial board on the top of the mountain. 19 12 was the third largest aerial ropeway in the world when it was opened, and more than 37 million people have taken it so far. The Sweet Bread Mountain Cable Car has appeared in many films, including the 007 film Space City (1979), because of its century-old reputation.

La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, is a real "city of the sky" with an altitude of 3640 meters. La Paz has a 13 aerial cable car line, so it is also a veritable "cable car city". As the saying goes, "I chewed coca leaves and went out to buy food and took a cable car" is probably a true portrayal of life in La Paz. Mi Teleferico in La Paz is the highest and longest city cable car in the world, with a total length of10000m, which takes passengers from downtown La Paz to El Alto on a steep slope of1300m. 20 14 has replaced the long and crowded roads and become another efficient commuting mode between the two regions. In addition to efficiently carrying 18000 people per hour, you can also enjoy the charming scenery of the snow-capped Andes.

The 360-degree revolving cable car is located in Engelberg, near Zurich, Switzerland, in the famous Tielix Yamanoe. It is the world's first 360-degree revolving cable car, which can take passengers to the top of Tielix Mountain at an altitude of 3,092 meters in 5 minutes. The rotating cockpit allows you to enjoy the beauty of the largest glacier in Europe along the way, which is magnificent and breathtaking, layered and wrapped in silver. It's not that easy to take a 360-degree cable car. Take six small cable cars first, start from ingeborg (1050m) and arrive at Trumbu Lake (1796m); Then transfer to a large cable car that can accommodate 80 people and go straight to Stande (2428 meters); After arriving in Stande, you can take the 360-degree revolving cable car that appears on the tourist poster of Tieli Mountain.

The peak-crossing cable car with a total span of 4400 meters connects Whistler Mountain and Heisha Mountain, which is the only passage connecting the two peaks. It once held the record of the longest span between the two towers of the cable car of 3030 meters, until it was broken by the cable car of Ebinur Lake in 438+07 in 2065. Passengers crossing the peak by cable car can overlook the beautiful scenery of fitzsimmons Valley at an altitude of 436 meters and marvel at the vast area covered by evergreen forests and snow-capped peaks in the distance. It takes only 1 1 minute for the cable car to cross the summit, and it can carry 4 100 passengers per hour, which is amazing.

Zugspitze, located in Bavaria, Germany, is the highest mountain in Germany and one of the most beautiful snow-capped mountains in the Alps. Visitors can take a cable car from Ebinur Lake (998 meters) at the foot of the mountain to the top of zugspitze, then rent a classic German sleigh and enjoy flying down. The cable car of Ebinur Lake can take up to 120 people at a time, and currently holds the world record for the longest span between two towers of the cable car, with a length of 32 13 meters. Climbing the cable car from Ebinur Lake to the top of the mountain is much faster than the railway that also reaches the top of the mountain, and you can overlook the tall coniferous forest covered with snow from the air. Do you want to have a dream adventure like this?

Tianmenshan cableway is the longest cable car cableway in the world, with a total length of 7455 meters, and the local slope between the intermediate station and the upper station is as high as 38 degrees. It starts from the city garden in the center of Zhangjiajie and ends at the top of the mountain. Hanging like a rainbow, there is a faint trend of Yunlong. The ropeway can transport 1000 passengers per hour, with an average of 28 minutes per trip. You can enjoy different levels of scenery along the way, from the first reinforced concrete to the pastoral scenery in the middle, and then to the dangerous peaks and deep gorges after entering the mountain. Perhaps this is the most accessible cable car route in this issue. So, can you use it as the starting point of your world cable car tour?

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