I wouldn't say brave

Brave would relate more to Penguin's picture. Or perhaps foolhardy.

TBH it looks remarkably like the zip wire in our local playground which the grandchildren can't be prised off.

I would be truly terrified, and if I or anyone I knew had the nerve to do this, I would consider it extremely brave. But I suppose these girls see it as a necessary and perfectly normal way of getting from one place to another. Perhaps not brave but still pretty impressive I think.

No way! I hate heights. Don't even like looking at my feet if I've my glasses on.

Completely agree with you, * bags* . Wouldn't it be interesting to see something on the lines of 'where children sleep' about travelling to school? There must be a lot of children who have a long and arduous trek to get there.

Or Pedants' Corner, even!

No, this is pedant's corner. Therefore the point is the misuse of a word. They should have used the word you used - 'Determined'.

I think we're missing the point here. It's a potentially dangerous crossing given the climatic and other difficulties in Nepal. What it does show is the girls' determination to get a education.

I feel the same way when I see headlines about children with illnesses or disabilities they have often had from birth. Newspapers always refer to them as 'brave'. No, they aren't. They have no choice and know no different. They are just getting on with life and seeing it through a child's eyes.

I agree that 'brave' is constantly overused and misused. Slebs are 'brave' because they've owned up to something spurious, such as admitting to having botox or similar.

It annoys me that words lose their punch because of all this - think of awesome, which used to mean takes your breath away/wonderment, now it's just an everyday word that's completely lost the scale of how impressive something is.

Could rant on, but I must be brave and go into town . . .

Ah at first I thought you must be referring to this pic, apparently this saves thirty mins on the walk. I would go the long way round.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/9024727/Pictures-of-the-day-19-January-2012.html

Brave is much mis-used these days.

Looks like fun to me! When I was in Uganda I had to cross a much scarier bridge than that one as I had to visit students on school placement. It consisted of three ropes and a very narrow plank across a deep gorge. When I hesitated Sister Principal (wearing her habit) chided me gently and instructed me to follow her steps as she had done it lots of times before and it was perfectly safe. It was. But the College dog, who used to accompany us everywhere, refused to cross.

I would hesitate to cross that bridge, but maybe necessity and practice would overcome that. Maybe they would ponder over whether we are brave, trying to dodge moving traffic in a city centre!

I see what you are saying Bags. You can only be brave if you are frightened and they don't look frightened. They look as though they are doing something which is 'everyday' to them.