Why can’t you use cable cars to transport vegetables up the mountain for various scenic spots and force people to pick them?

Let me get involved

First of all, my home is in Tai'an, which is at the foot of Mount Tai. I have been involved with ropeways since I was a child, and my family is in the ropeway industry.

Let me first share some of your opinions. The first mountain porter is a profession that has always existed. Porters usually carry goods of more than 50-100kg from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain or some shops on the mountainside. But this work is very tiring. Elderly porters generally have serious physical diseases. Arthritis and spinal deformity are common. Relative to a few hours of physical effort, their rewards are really not high. Forget about those who talk about acting. In the current economic environment, you can earn more by doing other things than this, so there are fewer and fewer people doing pick-up jobs. There are about a hundred active porters in Taishan now. Most of them are between 50-70 years old, middle-aged and older. Most of them come from nearby villages around Mount Tai, mainly at the eastern foot of Mount Tai. Deliver more goods to stores in the middle of the mountain, mainly water, snacks, etc.

Let’s talk about the problem of ropeways (that is, the cable cars you are talking about)

There are three passenger ropeways in Mount Tai, namely, Nantianmen ropeway, Taohuayuan ropeway, and Houshi ropeway. Dock cableway. Among them, Nantianmen and Taohuayuan are daily operating ropeways. It transports tourists up and down the mountain, and is also responsible for daily rescue and firefighting, some material transportation and other activities. Generally, the ropeway is transported after coordination with other departments (Taian No. 9 Fire Brigade, Tai'an Weather Station and other institutions on the top of the mountain). The ropeway is a for-profit organization that mainly transports tourists. Moreover, the ropeway belongs to the special transportation industry and is affected by weather, climate, flow control, etc. Generally speaking, there are time limits for ropeway driving (that is, starting operation) and parking. Because transportation at night is affected by factors such as low visibility at night, it is generally not possible to drive. Rain, snow, strong winds, fog and other weather conditions will all be seriously affected. Therefore, due to the flow of tourists during the day, the main purpose is to transport guests. (99% of the cableways across the country are like this, and that page is about the same.)

The goods transported up the mountain are nothing more than water, food, vegetables, etc., depending on the current packaging, smell and other factors. The impact of the ropeway cars is minimal. However, since tourists have to be transported during the day and low visibility at night is detrimental to operation, general passenger ropeways rarely transport goods up and down the mountain at the same time during peak passenger flow.

ps, the passenger ropeway has a special first aid car. When an emergency occurs on the mountain and someone is injured, the injured will be sent down the mountain as soon as possible.

Let’s talk about the freight ropeway. According to my own observation, Mount Tai has a special freight ropeway (I don’t know if it has been added now, I haven’t been back to Mount Tai for a long time), which is responsible for most of the shops, hotels, hotels, restaurants, and even fire stations, meteorological bureaus, and public transportation on the top of the mountain. ***Bathrooms, their material transport.

At the same time, the large amount of garbage (n tons per day) generated by tourists and staff on the mountain is also transported down the mountain by the freight ropeway.

Due to the emergence of ropeways, the openness of freight ropeways, and the improvement of current economic conditions. More and more porters are choosing to leave the industry. At the same time, young people will not choose this tiring and unprofitable industry. It can be said. As time goes by, porters will disappear in the torrent of time, just like scissors sharpening, kitchen knife sharpening, umbrella repairing, and other industries.