Siberia is a vast region full of striking natural beauty that covers approximately 77 percent of Russia, yet has only 28 percent of the country's population at 40 million people. That said, it is if not impossible, impractical and financially unfeasible to build and maintain a comprehensive transport infrastructure covering the entire region.
Nevertheless, people still need to move around, so Siberia's inhabitants have come up with some ingenious, albeit dangerous solutions to their transportation needs.
In the video that follows below the break, you will see how they use a heavy-duty zip-line to ferry their automobiles across a powerful river using a…tree as a stop.
