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A "mole" is a protester who stays in a self-dug underground tunnel so that heavy machinery cannot traverse the ground above. The tunnels were mostly dug through sand, making them extremely dangerous. In Camp Fairmile, seven protesters hid underground for almost a week, locking themselves behind barricaded steel doors and to metal pipes concreted into the earth. Evicting the protesters cost the corporation building the road millions of dollars. | ||||
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Martin stands without a harness in the twiglets of a tree, 40 feet in the air. Police climbers and officers, recently arrived to evict protesters, try to figure out how to get him down. |
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Tim politely tells a sheriff's deputee (who has been known for pulling climbers out of trees by their hair) that there is a £500 bounty out for the climber's dreadlocks. The climber, one of the best in England, has been banned from England's climbing clubs. He himself was once a protester, but he turned over his services to the Sheriff's department. | ||||
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A security officer blocks photographs of a non-violent banner drop outside a Costain Industries office. The security guards were frazzled because all of the protesters were dressed up as giant bunny rabbits. |
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Robin builds a platform on which he can watch the sunset as mist from an afternoon fog rolls in. Behind Robin, a system of ropes stretches between the treetops anywhere from 40 to 50 feet in the air. Most protesters did not use a harness as they shimmied along the ropes, holding on to the top rope as their feet slid along the bottom. | ||||
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prevent trees from being cut down, protesters often camped in treehouses
hundreds of feet above the ground.
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