Magazine Features > Photo set 953062: RIDE OF THEIR LIFE – LOCALS RISK THEIR LIVES TO TRAVEL IN ROTTING CABLE CARS ACROSS STEEP GORGE

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A tired commuter uses one of the old Soviet gondolas which take member of the public from the lower city to the top of the mountains over the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A tired commuter uses one of the old Soviet gondolas which take member of the public from the lower city to the top of the mountains over the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A woman takes a baby onto a rusted cable car in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A woman takes a baby onto a rusted cable car in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: Cable cars above the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: Cable cars above the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A view above the city of Chiatura in Georgia. The city was built around the mining industry of Manganese. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A view above the city of Chiatura in Georgia. The city was built around the mining industry of Manganese. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A Mural of Stalin and Lenin in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A Mural of Stalin and Lenin in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: One of the old cable car terminals in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: One of the old cable car terminals in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A view through a very rusted part of one of the gondolas above the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A view through a very rusted part of one of the gondolas above the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: Photographer, Andrei Ghilan gets ready to board one of the cable cars in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: Photographer, Andrei Ghilan gets ready to board one of the cable cars in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 28/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: An emergency phone inside one of the cable cars that are used to take people between terminals above the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: An emergency phone inside one of the cable cars that are used to take people between terminals above the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: One of the cable car operators use an original controller to adjust the speed of the gondola. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: One of the cable car operators use an original controller to adjust the speed of the gondola. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A view up the steep lines to the top of one of 15 cable car runs over the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A view up the steep lines to the top of one of 15 cable car runs over the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: Inside one of the tired cable car terminals in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: Inside one of the tired cable car terminals in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: Two commuters take a ride on one of the old Soviet cable cars that run above the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: Two commuters take a ride on one of the old Soviet cable cars that run above the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A well weathered part of the cable car structure that keeps the Soviet era gondolas suspended above the city of Chiatura in Georgia. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A well weathered part of the cable car structure that keeps the Soviet era gondolas suspended above the city of Chiatura in Georgia. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A man walks towards a gondola inside one of the tired cable car terminals in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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caption**MANDATORY BYLINE** Pic by Andrei Ghilan/Caters News - (Pictured: A man walks towards a gondola inside one of the tired cable car terminals in the Georgian city of Chiatura. Pic taken 27/05/2017) - Eerie photos show locals travelling in rotting cable cars across a steep gorge in the Georgian city of Chiatura. The miners town is 220 km from Tbilisi and sits in the gorge of the Kvirila River. However, Chiatura became famous not because of its mines, but because of the impressive network of cable cars that stretch a total length of six thousand metres across the steep gorge. SEE CATERS COPY

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RIDE OF THEIR LIFE – LOCALS RISK THEIR LIVES TO TRAVEL IN ROTTING CABLE CARS ACROSS STEEP GORGE

04-08-2017

2017

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