Summary:
A frozen waterfall in China has attracted a group of ice climbers desperate to scale its heights.

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This is the spectacular result of China's coldest winter in decades. Fast-flowing water would normally be raging down the rocky cliffs of the 200ft fall in Anjiazhuang Valley, a suburb of Beijing. But with temperatures plummeting to their lowest in 28 years - it has frozen over - giving these climbing tourists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to scale its heights. Slippery slope: Brave climbing enthusiasts take on the spectacular frozen waterfall in Beijing, China . One off: The 200ft drop is normally a fast-flowing waterfall but it has frozen over in an unusually cold winter . Parts of northeastern China have seen temperatures of -40 degrees this year. The extreme weather has seen an estimated 180,000 cattle killed, airports closed and electricity supplies cut off. Ice climbing is a popular sport around the world but can be much more dangerous than rock climbing - especially if the ice is melting. On Boxing Day 2010 a man died trying to climb up Cautley Spout, in Sedbergh, Cumbria. Dave Church, a driving instructor and keen triathlete from Durham, fell to his death from 75ft. A climber prepares to tackle the frozen waterfall .