Living Bridges

[Emdiesse]

I don't know if this has been posted before, a quick search would reveal not. However, i'm sure it's worthy of a repost otherwise!

These bridges are amazing:

http://www.snotr.com/video/7331/The_Living_Bridge

A quick search on t'internet reveals some great snaps:

source: http://rootbridges.blogspot.com/

 

[Adze]

Wow! It's like something from the Lord of the Rings!

 

[pauljm116]

You're right. Those bridges really are amazing. Thanks for posting them.

 

[Emdiesse]

Has anybody else just gone into their own imaginary dream world thinking: "I wonder what native trees of the UK could be used to achieve similar results? Wouldn't it be awesome to own some land and build a root houses and bridges connecting them together!". But then coming back to the real world and realising that you probably wouldn't manage to build one house, let alone several, let alone see the end result!

Still though, it's nice to dream...

 

[pauljm116]

Has anybody else just gone into their own imaginary dream world thinking: "I wonder what native trees of the UK could be used to achieve similar results? Wouldn't it be awesome to own some land and build a root houses and bridges connecting them together!". But then coming back to the real world and realising that you probably wouldn't manage to build one house, let alone several, let alone see the end result!

Still though, it's nice to dream...

I hadnt gone into the dream world but I have now. Am now thinking Im sure I saw some thick vines in the woods I could use......

 

[Dreadhead]

aaaah! perfect way tae build a kingdom in the trees for the zombie apocalypse....if we club together now folks its possible!

 

[Emdiesse]

aaaah! perfect way tae build a kingdom in the trees for the zombie apocalypse....if we club together now folks its possible!

See, I wasn't even thinking of such an event. I'm thinking more so towards taking up a permanent residence in my tree root hut! A few scattered houses and a nice communal centre place filled with earth for a tree top fire pit. Or would a treetop fire be a disaster waiting to happen for the treetop village?

 

[Dreadhead]

aah perfect mate. always wanted a village in the trees since seeing robin hood (kevin costner version). besides of course we need a fire tae burn the bodies of zombie host

 

[DavidJT]

Amazing, never seen that before.

 

[Emdiesse]

aah perfect mate. always wanted a village in the trees since seeing robin hood (kevin costner version). besides of course we need a fire tae burn the bodies of zombie host

Ha Ha, yes, although I fear by time we'd achieve such a feat, as creating a village out of trees, the zombie's could be us! Still though, at least we could look on in admiration of what we started, or probably not in the case of zombies! In the meantime, we'll just have to stick to scaling a tree whipping up a hammock and zip lining above the zombies below.