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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 21144117" data-attributes="member: 158020">පදිමුද_ඔන්චිල්ලා-The Crazy Swing at Casa del Arbol in Ecuador- For the past few years, Carlos Sanchez, a volunteer with the Military  Geographical Institute, has been assisting a group of a volcanologists  by observing and recording the activities of the Tungurahua volcano from  a lonely tree house he had built on a green mountaintop near Baños,  Ecuador, less than a mile away from the volcano's crater. From this  vantage point, Sanchez watches for potential pyroclastic flows that can  rapidly move downslope towards the city of Baños, located at the foot of  the volcano, 8 km (5 miles) to the north. Sanchez is equipped with a  radio via which he can send alerts to the Observatory so that the  inhabitants can be evacuated on time. Sanchez’s family often  visited him on his tree house on weekends, and to keep them entertained,  he decided to build a simple wooden swing dangling from a branch that  swung out over the edge of the mountainside. Then someone saw it and  posted photos of this amazing swing on the internet, and now this place  is swarming with tourists. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WNKMBT-dtUA/WGoiAVBHVZI/AAAAAAABRO8/07RZaOFH6y8/casa-del-arbol-swing-86.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   “I  miss very much the time when it was peaceful and I came here with my  three daughters,” muses Carlos Sanchez, who calls himself ‘the Volcano  Watcher.’ “I miss a lot of that, sitting here and relaxing with myself.  There used to be a lot of birds here.” But there was a lot to gain from this exposure.“My  father-in-law and my brother-in-law, my sisters-in-law, they needed the  money,” tells Carlos’s daughter-in-law, Malen Caicedo. “They weren’t  rich. Now they have more money for better education for their children.  But I miss very much.” Visitors from all around the world trek to  the mountaintop to ride the swing, enjoy picnics and leave notes in the  tree house guest log. The variety of languages in the logbooks speak of  how far and wide the swing’s fame has travelled. There are messages in  Spanish, English, German, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. To date, Carlos  has ten books filled to the brim. In less than five years, the  mountainside has developed into a swing-riding haven, with similar  attractions dotting the hillside. But Carlos Sanchez’s Casa del Arbol,  or “the Tree House”, sitting right at the top of the mountain is still  the best. And the view is gorgeous. On a good, cloudless day, one can  get a clear view of the active Tungarahua volcano, which means “throat  of fire” in the native Quechua language of the Andes. The media  has given different names to the swing. “The swing at the edge of the  world”, and “the swing of death” are the most common. Although it  appears to hang over a dangerous cliff, the swing actually hangs over a  steep slope that rolls down a distance of about 100 vertical feet.  Still, you don’t want to fall off that thing. Originally there  was only one swing on the tree house, and it hung from a branch. Now out  of safety concern, a steel beam was added from which the swing hangs  now. A second swing was added as well. There is also a rudimentary seat  belt now. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Apy3kqNIjDM/WGoiBgwd3CI/AAAAAAABRPA/YQ6j8GLBab8/casa-del-arbol-swing-56.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b3toHPFyTDI/WGoiCzSAzmI/AAAAAAABRPE/8G9Fg0I7KaU/casa-del-arbol-swing-12.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kb9-VqF15x4/WGoiEIY5f9I/AAAAAAABRPI/hiRU6Nc9VWI/casa-del-arbol-swing-75.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qDR9pagg3Ik/WGoiFaTE4gI/AAAAAAABRPM/U-RnxeQnpPg/casa-del-arbol-swing-32.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2fCxXkOq-so/WGoiGTQjYgI/AAAAAAABRPQ/_Wo_dy6TTpw/casa-del-arbol-swing-65.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/8P4rKZr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/UqJ38Yb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/Pld6chq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </blockquote>

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