Descending the Sugarloaf zip line, a vertiginous and controversial journey

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Descending the Sugarloaf zip line, a vertiginous and controversial journey


Sliding down a 755-meter cable at speeds of as much as 100 km/h between Sugarloaf Mountain and Morro da Urca, within the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro, may entice adrenaline lovers to probably the most iconic landscapes on the planet.

Not if it was as much as Gricel Osorio Hor-Meyll.

This psychologist joined dozens of demonstrators this Sunday (27) in a protest in opposition to the challenge, nonetheless below development, which they think about will injury environmental conservation and the picture of the “Marvelous City.”

“It isn’t right, and it harms town,” Gricel informed AFP, “as a result of it is going to . . .

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