What a tree-mendous idea! Man uses his bicycle to get up to his treehouse after becoming so fed up having to climb 30ft ladder

Having spent months building his treehouse high in the forest near his home in Sanpoint, Idaho, Ethan Schussler knew he couldn't just use a bog-standard ladder to climb up there. Acting on a suggestion from a friend, the resourceful 23-year-old instead adapted an old bicycle into a novel, man-powered elevator. He sits on the saddle and pedals - and a series of counterweights, ropes and and pulleys spring into action, pulling him up 30 feet to his secluded den. 'Of course it's not "safe",' he scoffed. 'But neither is walking across the street.'