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By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG<\/strong><\/p>\n

SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 This story has legs. Very long ones.<\/p>\n

At a Seattle sports bar on a recent Saturday night, hundreds of very tall people got to experience something rare: blending in. Women in their highest heels craned their necks to look at someone taller. Men who usually duck under doorways looked ordinary. For once, nobody had to explain why they don\u2019t play basketball.<\/p>

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Welcome to Tall Tour, a traveling meetup drawing thousands across the United States to celebrate the one physical trait that has made them stand out \u2014 for good and ill. Since launching last summer, the tour has visited 19 cities, with crowds swelling from an initial 30 people in Tampa, Florida, to some 4,000 in Orlando, according to organizers. Seattle drew around 750, they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re walking around and there\u2019s people your height and people taller than you when you thought you were just this giant freak,\u201d said Tyler Bergantino, the tour\u2019s 6-foot-9 founder who wears a size-16 shoe. \u201cThat\u2019s something that I think is very healing for tall people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concept emerged almost accidentally. Bergantino, 32, a former software salesman turned TikTok creator, posted a casual invitation on social media while traveling through Texas. He wanted content. Instead, he sparked a movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt created itself,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t really take credit for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each stop follows a similar format: Tall people gather, take photos, share recommendations for shoe shopping and swap stories about hitting their heads on door frames and cramming into airplanes.<\/p>

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For many women, the night\u2019s biggest draw is the speed dating component and the hope of meeting someone comfortable dating a taller woman \u2014 whether that means matching their height, exceeding it or simply being open to it. Many bonded over the shared challenge of navigating a dating culture that still favors petite women.<\/p>\n

\u201cDating as a tall woman, you feel like you\u2019re intimidating to people,\u201d said 25-year-old Ksenia Protasenko, who\u2019s 6 feet tall. \u201cThere\u2019s this association with you being a warrior type, but it\u2019s not true. It\u2019s tough to have your height as the first thing people notice about you because it feels like people are not really seeing any vulnerable parts of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protasenko said men often ask whether she plays basketball. She usually has a reply ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tell them, \u2018Yeah, sure,\u2019 even though I don\u2019t,\u201d she said. \u201cThen I ask them if they play mini golf. That seems to straighten them right up.\u201d<\/p>

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