China couple dice with death on mountain cliff side to beat long tourist queues
Millions of people in China have been shocked by a daredevil couple who got into potentially deadly trouble after taking a short cut down a cliff on a famous mountain in eastern China.
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Video footage of the incident on May 4 went viral and attracted eight million views on a social media platform.
In the video filmed by a tourist from a distance, the pair, who were stuck in a queue of tourists, attempted to bypass the staircases and take a short cut directly down a cliffside on Mount Tai in Shandong province.
However, as they tried to climb over an artificial wall to join the line ahead of them, the man slipped while carrying the woman on his shoulders to help her over the wall.
The couple, circled, climbed over a wall in an effort to beat big crowds on a mountain path. Photo: QQ.com
They fell off the cliff together.
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