The Cable Runners In The Mountains Of Central Colombia

                       For the handful of families living in the area, 40 miles southeast of the capital Bogota, the 12 steel cables that connect one side of the valley to the other are their only access to the outside world. They were traditionally made of hemp, but steels cables were installed with the advent of logging in the surrounding rainforest. When this was made illegal settlers turned their hand to farming and cattle raising. Today, the cables are still the only transport available to those living in the area. Farmers use them to transport goods to and from the closest town and, for children it is how they get to school.