There are many curiosities about Rio de Janeiro Sugar Loaf, in Brazil.
Curiosity 1 (year 1933) – Paulina Sampaio was born on the summit of Sugar Loaf. Her father, José Maria Sampaio, worked and lived with his family at the meteorological post on the top of the rock.
Curiosity 2 (year 1967) – The German Brueder brothers drove a motorcycle on the cable between Urca Hill and Sugar Loaf.
Curiosity 3 (year 1977) – American high-wire walker Steven McPeak, armed with only a long metal pole, walked along the cable between Urca Hill and Sugar Loaf.
For other curiosities and more information on how-to visit Sugar Loaf, get a copy of Sugar Loaf: The Definitive Guidebook – Visiting the Rio de Janeiro’s Most Famous Hill.