A walk in the park: 650 men haul 17 tonne cable through the Tatra Mountains

Mountains Yesterday 650 men, mostly soldiers, began the task of transporting the steel cable which is an element of modernizing the cable car in the Tatra Mountains. The cable is 2.4 kilometers long and weights about 17 tonnes. The men, positioned every four meters, walked about eight kilometers in the mountains. It took them about 12 hours to make it. Andrzej Laszczyk the president of the Polish Cable Cars emphasized that this way was chosen by the contractor as the safest for the Tatra's environment. Modernization of the cable car in Kociol Gasienicowy will last until the end of November. The cost of the investment is estimated at zl. 9 million. (Zycie, page 2)