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DEDICATION TO HIS JOB

Peng Wencai, a 44-year-old Chinese street cleaner was recently nominated as one of the "Good People of Sichuan, China" because of his devotion to his job.

In 2000, Wencai noticed all the trash being thrown off the side of the cliff by tourists visiting the Golden Summit of Mount Emei (Emei Mountain) in Emeishan city, southwest China's Sichuan province.

He decided to do something about it, and for the last 15 years, he has rappelled the side of the cliff cleaning up the trash after national holidays, when the most people visit,

It wasn't long before the city took note of his dedication to keeping the area clean and made the cliffside the only area this street cleaner now works.


^{Going to his job site.}

He begins work at 8:30 a.m. and heads home at 5:30 p.m. He goes down the cliff three times a week if weather conditions permit.


^{The Golden Summit and Railing}

Wencai is the sole cleaner responsible for the Golden Summit and the guard rail of that area. In addition to his responsibility to keep the upper area clean, he considers the cliffside as a part of his area of responsibility.


^{Still closer to the top than to the bottom.}

He can often be seen dangling 3,079 meters (10,102 feet) above sea level to collect the litter.


^{A little help, please....thanks.}

When Peng first began work, he only had a safety rope that required dozens of people to pull him up and down.


^{Now self sufficient - and more secure.}

After being equipped with a professional climbing rope in 2008, he propels up and down with ease by himself.


^{One bagful at a time.}

He works until his trashbag is full, and then passes the bag to the top and begins again. A normal cleaning trip takes him three hours for each trip up and down.

He's even traveled 200 meters deep into the cliff just to do his job. He goes down more than 80 times per year and clears around three tons of trash from the cliff.


^{The job never ends.}

Peng told reporters that once he advised a tourist against dropping trash down to the cliff but the tourist said coldly that if tourists do not throw trash he would lose his job. Peng said he was almost burst to tears hearing these words. "I would gladly lose my job if the tourists would not drop trash," said Peng.

Liu Shiming, the person in charge of the management of the Golden Summit said though Peng's dangerous cleaning scene shocked the visitors visually, the actual results are quite limited. "We have signs that remind tourists to be civilized during traveling, but concrete regulations and punishments are still needed."


^{Into the unknown.}

Emei Mountain is so tall that the summit is most often shrouded in clouds. The cliff facing goes so far straight down it that Peng cannot always see the vast emptiness, or even the fickle weather conditions below him. That's job dedication!!

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