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.

[kinghorse]

Cut down that tree so that no man may suffer the same fate. Cut it down at once.

But seriously folks, this tree is going to become a wiccan mecca.

[ServesURight]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

[finnman69]

They should leave his body there for tree fertilizer.

[NEWwoman]

So was Sir Isacc Newton.

They need to repeal the Law of Gravity.

[LibWhacker]

Yep, I think the last one was a woman.

[Redcloak]

I hope that he didn't frighten any innocent woodland creatures as he flew past them.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Let the owls eat him. That would be the right thing to do.

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[SkunkPunk]

OK. So, a tree-sitter walkes into a bar...get it?

[kcvl]

[seamus]

This is the part that gets me:

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.

In other words, there were other Earth Firsters around, but they wouldn't give up their place in the tree to save this guy. The life of the tree was more important.

Careful what "friends" you choose....

[DETAILER]

Let the owls eat him. That would be the right thing to do.

Or bury him by the tree... he'd make good manure?

[Redcloak]

But seriously...

Bad things happen to those who do bad things themselves. This guy was stealing lumber, plain and simple.

[NEWwoman]

She [Butterfly Hill] came down in 1999 after Pacific Lumber Co. agreed to leave the tree standing in return for $50,000 to make up for lost logging revenue.

As a follow up, Butterfly called her tree - "Luna." Not long after she came down from "Luna" someone made some serious cuts on "Luna" and almost killed the tree. I'm surprised no one called this a "hate" crime. (Yipes! I might give these tree huggers some ideas.)

[dangermouse]

Hold muh dirt an watch this.

[patriot_wes]

wasn't there a line in the movie "Toy Story".........Ooouuchh gravity works!

[Huck]

How about a tree-sitting tax? The proceeds will be aimed at tree-sitting cessation programs.

[steveo]

I guess it's just that time of year.

[Puppage]

Another reason to BAN GRAVITY If it saves just ONE life....

[sonserae]

We need more tree huggers like this. Stupid bumps on a log....pardon the pun....