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MOAB, Utah (AP) — Hundreds of BASE jumpers and slackliners have descended on Moab, Utah, this week for holiday events to where they'll walk across webbing stretched between red rock crevices or jump from fixed points like sandstone mesas. A slackline event called GGBY kicked off Tuesday outside Moab at a part of Mineral Canyon known as the Fruit Bowl, where slacklines can be strung closely together and participants walk across them, balancing like a tightrope walk. "It's as close to a church as a lot of us have," said Sonya Iverson, a slackliner from Moab who is helping to organize the event. "There is something special about that location."  http://openredballoon.com The Salt Lake Tribune reports the event started 10 years ago but 2017 marks the first time participants will have to adhere to federal land rules on parking, camping and bathroom use on participants at the desert gathering. GGBY has been an informal gathering in past years, but U.S...