‘Most Inconvenient Convenience Store’ Hangs Off A Cliff Nearly 400 Feet Up

Image via Shiniuzhai National Geological Park / Weibo

Corner shops are a dime a dozen, but where you won’t find them are out-of-reach zones.

It can’t get more inaccessible than in mid-air, but that’s precisely where the pitstop at Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in Hunan, China, is located. It hangs off the side of a cliff, forcing customers to earn their snacks by climbing 393 feet up. 

Image via Shiniuzhai National Geological Park / Weibo

The shop, a simple wooden box, has been dubbed by Chinese social media users as the “most inconvenient convenience store”—a moniker that has rubbed off on the park’s organizers, who have now adopted it as a hashtag on social network Weibo.

Staffers are trained climbers, and only one employee mans the store during a shift. Naturally, they don’t get a lot of customers, but workers have claimed that the gratitude of visitors who need a rest before making their way to the top of the cliff is worth the modest earnings.

Image via Shiniuzhai National Geological Park / Weibo

As with all convenience stores on the ground, drinks and snacks are sold here. These are stocked on a daily basis by employees before dawn.

Image via Shiniuzhai National Geological Park / Weibo

Despite the short supply of refreshments around these parts, the store retains low prices. As per Insider, a bottle of water costs only about 30 cents.

One occupational hazard? How far the bathroom is. To reduce the number of climbs down to the toilet, employees refrain from drinking too much water.

[via Boing Boing, Insider, South China Morning Post, images via Shiniuzhai National Geological Park / Weibo]