Tree Sitter dies in fall [Earth First! alert]

Sacramento Bee ^ | 11:35 a.m. PDT Thursday, October 10, 2002 | AP

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CORRALITOS, Calif.(AP) - A man with the environmental activist group Earth First! has died after a 50-foot fall from a redwood tree in which he'd lived for several weeks.

Rescue personnel were called to the scene of a logging operation in the Ramsey Gulch area about 20-miles south of San Jose on Tuesday night after loggers heard moans coming from the area where a group of tree-sitters has been camped since August, the group said. It was unclear how long the injured man had been on the ground.

[b4its2late]

I'm surprised I haven't got a "Hold Muh beer" alert yet......

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Well, that is sad he died.

But I have to ask this question. They say they are for the environment, but what do they do with all the trash and HUMAN WASTE they excrete while they are up there for so long?? How great for our environment is that crap?? (pun intended)

[cmsgop]

Hey you beat me !!!!!

NO FAIR!!!!...:*)

All's Fair in Love and HTML I guess......

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
This has come about after much badgering by you, my friends and extended family...

FR is our public radio/tv. Support FR! The Fall Telethon is underway!

[gfmsl]

Because I'm Free - Free Fallin'

[Mark17]

Someone is obviously supplying them w/ food and water.

I am sure that is true, but where do they ah, well, you know, er ah, "go?" Maybe someone provides them with a honey pot too.

[Saundra Duffy]

Oh, my God. And there's a tree-hugger sitting on the lawn in front of the State Capitol in Sacramento on the fourth day of a hunger strike - she's vowing not to eat until Gov. Davis signs some law to protect the Red Woods. They seem to value trees more than human life.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

That was pretty stupid of him. Maybe he was following a spotted owl.

[Chi-townChief]

Watch out for that first step - it's a killer!

[MotleyGirl70]

I saw it on your profile last night. I stole it from you.

:) I laughed at those goofs when I saw it.

[Don Corleone]

BUMP////// pun intended.

[MotleyGirl70]

It's worth posting twice anyways!

[Colonel_Flagg]

KUMBAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH;

Perhaps the funniest keyword I've seen on FR.

[NorseWood]

Someone needs to go buy a big lunch and have a picnic right in front of her. When I was in college there was a fellow on campus who would order pizzas, chips and beer and sit in front of all the protester that were having a "starve-in" and cause great distress among their ranks.

[Joan912]

What kind of moronic imbecile tree-sits? Don't these people have jobs?

[gopwhit]

And there's a tree-hugger sitting on the lawn in front of the State Capitol in Sacramento on the fourth day of a hunger strike - she's vowing not to eat until Gov. Davis signs some law to protect the Red Woods.

ROTFL!! Hunger strikes. Now who in the heck invented this effective protest method? Here's a quarter, starving-chick, please call someone who cares! Oh the lunacy!!!

[wardaddy]

172m=568ft

[bray]

Redwoods 2 Earthheadfirst Dirtbags 0

Pray for GW and the Elections

[Cagey]

Anti-logging Protestor chains himself to machinery

How do you start this thing?

[45Auto]

The sad part is, the property owner will probably be sued.