A Woman Lived 738 days on Top of a Thousand-year-old Redwood to Avoid It Being Logged Down

However, the surroundings also had pleasant surprises in store for her. “The smell in the forest is extraordinary. The air is so sweet that you can taste it,” she described. Julia’s home in the tree was a platform eight feet by one and a half. About the size of a single bed.

After spending a year on it, she was able to assemble a second platform. Protected under a plastic tarp, her bed was reduced to a sleeping bag and her food was brought up with a rope.