As Diaz begins his trip, Diana Rios, a 23­year­old elementary teacher, is waiting on the other side of the gorge for the moment when he will come racing through the mist towards her at 100 mph. She will then return with him, hanging on to him as he goes back along the cable. Diana had no idea when she took the teaching job that just getting to work in the village school would be dangerous.“At first I wanted to cry，” she says, clutching her hook as the metal cable starts to rattle(喀哒作响)violently at Diaz's approach. “But I soon got used to it.”She still prefers to go with Diaz, though, rather than making the frightening and dangerous crossing on her own.

　　For the inhabitants(居民)of Los Pinos, the wire cable is a lifeline. For more than 50 years, it has served the community as a form of transport to and from the rest of the world. Everything that comes arrives via the cable—bricks and wood for building, sacks of rice and corn. Pregnant mothers, who must get to the nearest clinic, cross the wire during the darkness of the night, returning with their newborn babies. It is dangerous, but they have no choice.

　　This time Robinson Diaz makes a perfect landing on Diana's side of the gorge. For him, the dangers of this daily journey are insignificant. “What I'm really scared of is snakes，” he says.“This is nothing in comparison.”Then Diana straps herself into her harness and hooks herself up to the wire behind Diaz, holding on to him tightly. He turns, flashes her a smile, releases the brake and kicks away. Within seconds, teacher and cable­racer have disappeared back into the mist.

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