Climbing Luna (Dec 1997)
On 10 December 1997, Julia climbed about 180 feet up a roughly 1,500-year-old redwood the activists had named "Luna", onto a tiny tarp-covered platform. She intended to stay a week or two. She would not set foot on the ground again for over two years.
Part of Julia Butterfly Hill
2 moments in this segment.
- — Life on the platform. Two small platforms, a single propane burner, a sleeping bag and a solar-charged mobile phone. From here Julia would live, eat, sleep and campaign — never touching the ground.
- — Climbing Luna — 10 December 1997. Julia volunteers for a tree-sit and climbs roughly 180 feet up "Luna", an ancient redwood the activists had named, onto a 6-by-8-foot platform under a tarp. She plans to stay a couple of weeks. The subject dates from 1997; this photograph was taken in 2014.
