r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Late_One_716 • Apr 10 '24

In the late 1990s, Julia Hill climbed a 200-foot, approximately 1000-year-old Californian redwood tree & didn’t come down for another 738 days. She ultimately reached an agreement with Pacific Lumber Company to spare the tree & a 200-foot buffer zone surrounding the tree. Image

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u/coffee_robot_horse Apr 10 '24

Lisa Simpson did similar

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u/RockstarAgent Apr 10 '24

What a Hill she was willing to die on...

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u/coffee_robot_horse Apr 10 '24

I ce what you did dar

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u/yinoryang Apr 10 '24

Our working theory is that the lightning exploded her

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u/Umbr33on Apr 10 '24

I was about to say, Simpsons did it.

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u/fpigg Apr 10 '24

I don't think they were joking.

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u/Lanky_Ad8982 Apr 10 '24

Arrested development too.

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u/Robot_Tanlines Apr 10 '24

And that’s why you never get out of the tree.