A traditional practice – where fearless climbers scale sheer cliff faces – reflects change in China.
Luo Dengping goes by another name: China’s spiderwoman.
She has earned the moniker by scaling the towering cliffs of Guizhou province – with no harness or ropes – a traditional practice of the Miao minority group dating back centuries.
Climbers had used these skills to collect swallow dung for fertilizer and herbs to sell as medicine. But as Western medicine grows in popularity, climbers can no longer make money selling herbs.
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