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Argelia Gil Samaniego has been practicing highline for a couple years, but the Cruz del Diablo was by far her most ambitious effort yet.

Hundreds of feet in the air, Sonoran highliners face fears and find balance

May 25, 2022Sports

The combination of a vast, geographically diverse space and such a young sport means that highlining has a lot of potential in Sonora, with room to grow. A group of highliners use the opportunity to practice their discipline that features balancing on lines strung dozens — even hundreds — of feet in the air.

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