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By Susana Moscatel

When we were asked that question in a group of people, professional tourists and journalists, about to board a helicopter to see the Grand Canyon in Nevada, I said to myself, "Oh, no."

Right away the protests began and oddly enough they were not from the more robust people in our group. In fact one girl, who looked like she had eaten nothing but salads without dressing the last decade and who hovered between being Millennial or Centennial was the one who exclaimed. "They don't have to answer that," looking dagger-eyed at the questioner. She also said it with a proud smile, causing me to get the feeling that she expected the entire group to be applauding her courage and defense of others' feelings.

"Correct," said the by now very accustomed pilot. "But I'm afraid we can't take off if we don't know exactly the total weight we're carrying on the ship. There's a limit and if we exceed it it can be dangerous. It's just a matter of distributing the weight well in the different helicopters."

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