Tin Man
Dirt's Childhood Playmate
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Vanuatu was in the news, today. Some Solomon island has cut a development deal with nationally chartered Chinese company for 75 years. Apparently, it makes Peter Frampton's initial 3-album deal look brilliant in comparison. The international press noted the preceding Vanuatu deal for a deep water port and characterize the move as part of China's military expansion into the Pacific. However, my thoughts didn't turn to geo-politics. I was reminded of a decades-old National Geographic story about the vine jumpers of Vanuatu, revisited in this video short. Yes, centuries before bungee jumping became a thing in the developed world, guys were building rickety towers and jumping from them with vines tied to their ankles.



