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

But not everyone was equally impressed. Because she was carrying out an act of civil disobedience – being on territory that someone claimed belonged to him – earning her the displeasure of the logging company.

But she was determined to survive, although there were some people with equal determination to force her down. “They tried various ways to force me down: from cutting off my supplies and food, leaving me hungry, to honking loud horns throughout the night and day, for many days, so I couldn’t sleep.”