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Gravity's taxi service: you pay, a cable does the climbing.
means A transport system in which cars or carriers are suspended from and pulled along cables strung between towers, used to move people or goods over terrain roads can't easily cross.
from A straightforward compound of 'rope' and 'way' — a road made of rope rather than ground. It emerged as mining and mountain engineers needed a word for cable-hauled transport systems built to carry ore, timber, or passengers over valleys and slopes, once wire rope became strong enough (19th century onward) to bear real loads suspended in the air.
- actual lift type
- cable car without rails underneath
- oldest trick
- used since 1644 to move ore, not tourists
- capacity flex
- single cabin can outhaul a mountain road
- silent fear
- relies entirely on tension, not engines, mid-air