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The Safest Way to Spend a Night in a Tree

September 14, 2006 at 9:10 AM | 0 Comments

Most travelers like to curl up in a comfy bed in front of their hotel room TV at the end of a touristy day. Others choose to sleep in a tree.

We're not talking cosy cabin treehouse style sleeping here. In Cornwall, south-west England, tree-huggers can take a rope-and-harness-assisted climb up into a big ol' tree and stay the night in a "tree boat", a four-cornered hammock which they claim is really comfortable.

We're not sure if it gets windy down in Cornwall, but the Mighty Oak Tree Climbing Co uses the word "safe" much more frequently than natural in their promotions. But still, koalas sleep every night in a tree and we don't hear about too many of them falling out: And they don't even have the benefit of a tree boat.