It is over two months that Vernon Kruger is living twenty-five meters up in the air in a wine barrel that is mounted on the top of a pole. He wants to break his record of 1997.
The 57-year-old man says it is not easy to sleep in these conditions.
“Sleeping in the barrel is not very easy,” – he told journalists. “It’s a very small place to curl up in, and I have to lie in a fetal position.” Kruger’s “home is the sky” is equipped with a drainage system for “all the waste.” He has been washing twice a week in a small basin and surviving on food hoisted up by his team in a wicker basket.
The idea first sprung to his mind while climbing a palm tree on an island during a vacation
“First, it was a joke, and then I got it to dare from my friends to actually do it,” said Kruger.
After a bit of research, Kruger discovered that a man from Indonesia had already broken the record by sitting in a tree for 28 days.
The South African man will be back to his usual life tomorrow. It will count 67 days in thebarrel by that time.