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One time as a tourist I stayed at a guest house in the Kerala backwaters. My host had several coconut trees and gave me a shot at climbing one. There was this c
by weeksie 6y ago
One time as a tourist I stayed at a guest house in the Kerala backwaters. My host had several coconut trees and gave me a shot at climbing one. There was this contraption I harnessed to myself with a strap around the tree and I made it up a fair bit before realizing that there was no way in hell I was going to go any further, let alone perform any meaningful act of dexterity at the top of the tree. Everybody had a good laugh.
- grugagag 6y agoVery interesting way to climb. When I was a kid I used to climb various trees but nothing straight and branchless like a coconut tree. Just looked up this on youtube[0]. The safety harness makes sense and the the loop for the feet does as well. As it goes, in India the coconut climber job is dwindling fast so this robot climber is very good replacement at the moment. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTrjuL5WL9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTrjuL5WL9w