[MLB-WIRELESS] One for the tree-hugging hippie in all of us

[Barry Park]

Treetop Blogging Protests Logging

By Amit Asaravala

02:00 AM Dec. 12, 2002 PT

EUREKA, California -- Unlike most people her age, 27-year-old "Remedy"
hasn't checked her e-mail in over eight months. That's because she's been
living in a 200-foot-tall redwood since March 21, when she climbed the tree
to protest timber harvesting by Pacific Lumber Company.
Now, thanks to an anonymous group of tech activists, Remedy's Spartan
lifestyle -- she perches 130 feet up on a 4-by-8-foot platform with just a
few blankets, cooking utensils and personal items -- is about to change.
For the past four weeks, the group of self-described geeks has been working
on a plan to provide tree-sitters in the Headwaters Forest region of
Northern California with access to an 802.11b wireless network.

More at http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56660,00.html



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