The Most Dangerous Ways to School

2013 • 4 Seasons • 9.3 Returning Series

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.

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E1. Nepal

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...

E2. Kenya

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...

E3. Himalaya

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 Provi...

E4. Peru

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 ar...

E5. Siberia

In Oymyakon (Syberia), the cold controls everything. The town is located in eastern part of Sakha Republic (Yakutia) which belongs to Russia and is kn...