Sydney - An anti-logging activist broke a 'tree-sitting' record after she sat 209 days on an old-growth Eucalyptus in Tasmania's Styx Valley while campaigning to protect the surrounding forest.
Miranda Gibson, set up her platform 60 metres above the ground in the Observer Tree last December, and has endured heat, smoke haze, high winds, frost and snow since then. "I haven't touched the ground once. I am committed to staying at the top of this tree for as long as it takes to see Tasmania's forests get the protection they deserve," the Sydney Morning
Herald quoted
Gibson, as saying, who turned 31 on the tree last Sunday.
Campaigning though the internet, she has spoken to press conferences, at community meetings and festivals around the world from her perch.
The tree-sit is claimed to be the longest-running in Australian history, exceeding the 208 days set by Manfred Stephens near Cairns in 1995.
Her protest is supported from the ground by members of the group Still Wild, Still Threatened.
Gibson said she kept herself healthy with yoga-based exercises on the platform and watched her diet.
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