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Thrilling Descent: Rio’s Sugarloaf Zip Line Experience

Sliding down a 755-meter cable at speeds of up to 100 km/h between Sugarloaf Mountain and Morro da Urca, in the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro, could attract adrenaline lovers to one of the planet's most iconic landscapes.

Not if it was up to Gricel Osorio Hor-Meyll.

This psychologist joined dozens of demonstrators in a protest against the project, which is still under construction and which they consider will damage environmental conservation and the image of the "Marvelous City."

"It is not correct, and it harms the city," Gricel told AFP, "because it will mischaracterize . . .

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