A soldier assigned to a patrol team with a frontier defense regiment under the PLA Xizang Shannan Military Sub-Command drinks spring water during a patrol mission in Asaphila ("Asaphila" in Lhoba Language means a place where even the devil is feared to go) of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Jan 24, 2019. The patrol route is on the cliff consisting of over 200 dangerous areas among which the climbing ropes are needed at 37 places and the hanging ladders are needed at 26 places. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Li Guotao and Fu Dewang)