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teach you his trade -- >> hit it! >> you'd better be ready for the fast -- >> hit it! >> -- and the furious. >> you're making too jerky turn. you have the car crooked. it's hard to fix stupid sometimes. >> then -- >> my life's focus is on demonstrating the jetliners should be converted into homes. >> what's crazier than wanting to live in an old 727. >> this of course is the proper sleeping posture. >> how about living round in your own ewok village. you have a tree here. and terrorizing your guests -- >> holy [ bleep ] -- >> with outsized playground equipment. please don't hit the tree. geez. please don't hit the tree. who doesn't enjoy a quiet drive through want countryside on a warm, summer day? here in north carolina, the open roads twist and turn and
>> what do you charge people to [ bleep ] their pants up here in the tree? >> one of the things is we've got to make the ropes are clear before you let go. >> what do you mean let go? >> just stay on your toes. >> are we ready? >> crap. this segment is now officially out of control. >> sheesh. >> in fact, i'm sure it ended about an hour ago. and yet -- holy [ bleep ]. i'm still here, just hanging out. >> wait a second, niki, did you hook -- i didn't check the caribbeaner you -- >> come on. you're killing me. >> it's okay, it's probably ok. go ahead. you can let go. >> really? >> yeah, go ahead. >> i don't want to. >> you will after a while. >> briefly, i wonder how long i could hang on. but, only briefly. >> all right, here we go. three, two, one.
you'll like that. >> everybody wants to see you do this swing though. they want to see if you cry like a baby. >> you know, how else do you cry? really? if zip lining is mandatory, tarzan swings should be optional. i'm not saying don't try it, i'm just saying, don't blame me if you lose your lunch. is this the tarzan swing? >> yep. >> doesn't look so crazy. >> oh maybe it is though, maybe it goes all the way up there, doesn't it? >> yes, it does. >> oh [ bleep ]. i see, i see what's going to happen. >> so, we're going to pull you back up in the tree, 55 feet in the air. >> uh-huh. >> like a 20-foot free fall, 60 foot pendulum swing. >> look how big that vulture is. circling vultures, i just think as a metaphor, we'd be hard pressed to find anything more, you know, universal. warning, profani-tree. hook me up, and if you have a chance, try not to do me to a premature demise. >> the chances are, you won't hit the tree.
>> it's a mustang. >> i like the way you say that. >> it's a mustang. >> let's be serious now. >> yeah. >> take a deep breath. and you build it up, rpms with the throttle and the brake. >> there's my tree. >> are you trying to top it real quick? >> i was. is that good? >> no. >> no? >> no, why did you do that? >> i was just trying to fit in. you know, the problem is this helmet. >> these guys are strict. >> this is it, guys. let's see what he's made of.
issued a shutdown notice and ordered him to stop letting the public into his lofty lodgings. he complied, but by popular demand, he reopened later. >> you are really up a tree here. >> until the following summer when the county then demanded he tear them all down. >> they told you to tear it down. what you do is you built some more. >> yeah, first i showed them it was safe. they said it wasn't safe. there's no way to show you it's safe. i put 66 people on that. two dogs, a cat, and i'm not sure if the hummingbird stayed or not. so that showed him that it met code. >> after several more years of injunctions, suits, and countersuits, the county finally relented, and allowed the treesort to stand. this is fabulous. that's a bathroom in there, isn't it? >> yeah. >> it's a nice toilet. >> if you're taking a [ bleep ] -- >> right. >> -- be sure to stand up before you flush it because you don't
feet from its perch because of a loose cable. >> there you go, that's good. >> got to be close. whew. >> anyhow, that's how you tighten up a cable on a tree house. standard maintenance routine, i'm told. >> now let's go have some fun. >> let's do that. >> michael's engineering skills don't begin and end with tree houses. he's also built a tree-based amusement park here at the treesort. >> when i went to the county back in 1990 and told them what idea i had, most people thought i was kind of crazy to even do this. who's going to come out here in this old hippy community and stay in a tree? >> right. >> well it turns out everybody and their kid wanted to. >> the bottom line with you really is you're of the school that says, better to ask. >> better beg forgiveness than ask permission.
oh, gah! [ cow mooing ] i was so sure i was going hit the tree. oh, crap. oh, please don't hit the tree. please don't hit the tree. please don't hit the tree. oh [ bleep ]. please don't hit the tree. wow. that is bananas. funny little thing about the old caribbeaner there. that was a good one. what's next, a stroll on a high wire, maybe some trapeze work? no thank you, i'm ending the show while i can still walk away under my own power. >> thanks for your hospitality. >> you're welcome. >> really good fun. next time an hour southwest of medford. >> come out on a limb and come to out and about. yeah. >> branch out. >> yeah.
want to suck anything down, all right. >> okay. >> now, if there's lightning at night, all right -- >> we have to sign another waiver? >> no. >> did i sign a lightning waiver? >> no, but just, you know, there's -- most people here are tree huggers, if there's lightning, don't hug the tree. >> yeah. >> just basically, if it hits the tree, it'll come down the tree. you just don't want to -- you want to be insulated from it. >> yeah, you do. >> it's all, it meets code. and, you know, it's a tree house. >> while the indoor plumbing is terrific, the real innovation, to change the industry evolved directly from michael's stubborn refusal to be bozed around. >> what is that called? >> it's the gold standard in tree house attachment bolts. >> this invention here basically has allowed you to build -- >> all of this stuff. >> everything. >> yeah. >> michael's garnier limb was the tree house game-changer, a bolt that made structures safer and more durable while reducing the environmental impact on the trees.
here's a story about a guy who lives in a tree. his name's michael. it begins though with a guy who lives in a plane. his name's bruce. >> we're rolling. we're rolling. >> so, this wasn't the original plan. i was on my way to meet michael, the guy who lives in a tree when my plane was diverted and i was delayed for 24 hours. in the meantime, my restless crew, overcome by uncharacteristic initiative decided to shoot without me. they heard about bruce, the guy who lived in a plane and figured he was no less interesting than the guy in the tree. anyway, my crew took a walk in
>> ran up there and setting the camera down, and he's trying to stage. >> sorry. >> why don't you sit down up there and see if you can keep your eye on the tree. you see -- he's done succeeded in everything he's done so far. except this. i ain't going to let him leave until he does it right. you've made the man a cluster. i know this is a tv show. but i can't break mentally leaving without succeeding. he was doing too good. he's wore out, he's tired, and he can't listen, he can't do. this is not easy. they ain't a one of y'all that could get in there and do what he has, i bet. there won't be another one that distracts you. >> and so the wrath of roy has vanished the crew, eliminating all further excuses. now, i'm left with one final chance to nail this thing. and when the praise of my mentor, roy hill -- win the praise of my mentor, roy hill.