The Most Dangerous Ways to School

Overview

They climb up mountainous paths, swim across rivers or fight their way through icy wastelands with -50 degrees Celsius. Their path takes them through amazing natural landscapes, producing spectacular scenery for a very ordinary task. The participants, at times without shoes and for days at end, are mere students on their way to school.

Episodes

Nepal

S01E01 Nepal

September 2, 2013
In Nepal, little Ajit gets up every day at 6 a.m. for what is probably the most adventurous walk to school in the world. The village of Kumpur is 4000 meters above sea level. The...
Kenya

S01E02 Kenya

September 3, 2013
For centuries now, the Dorn Savanna has been the lifeline for the Massai people. Until today, they refuse to get involved in the constant upheavals in Tanzania and instead continue to cultivate their traditions. And...
Himalaya

S01E03 Himalaya

September 4, 2013
Gulu - a small Chinese village with only a few dozen farms- spread out over one of the most impressive plateaus of the Hengduan Mountains in the Province of Sichuan. Here live the Yi, a...
Peru

S01E04 Peru

September 5, 2013
It is early in the morning as Ronald gets himself ready. He eats his Uro bread and drinks a Mate tea. Both things, like almost everything else here are made form the totora reeds. The...
Siberia

S01E05 Siberia

September 6, 2013
In Oymyakon (Syberia), the cold controls everything. The town is located in eastern part of Sakha Republic (Yakutia) which belongs to Russia and is known as the world's Pole of Cold. Nevertheless every morning the...

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