From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugh Sawyer
Hugh Sawyer
Hugh Sawyer (born 1973) is a working professional who • Observer followup article: What happened to Hugh
has decided to spend an extended period of time with his Sawyer
only home being in an undisclosed wood in Oxfordshire. • Independent newspaper article: Hugh Sawyer: My
Hugh Sawyer is most famously known as Ditch Mon- night with ditch man
key or Original Ditch Monkey (ODM). The record of his • Sunday Times newspaper article: Hugh Sawyer
experience is available in his blog, which gives very de- • Treehuggher article: Living with Less- Extreme
tailed descriptions of the issues arising when trying to Edition
sleep in a wood with no tent and only fairly basic equip- • Treehugger followup article: TH Update - Whatever
ment. Happened To Hugh Sawyer?
Reasons for style of living External links
Sawyer has been quoted as saying that he wants people • Ditch Monkey’s blog
to "think about how much they consume that is not nec- • Official Facebook fan page
essary." Many people have sponsored him to raise money • An interview with Ditch Monkey
for The Woodland Trust. • BBC Radio Oxford interview
• The Woodland Trust
The future • Rainforest Concern
Persondata
Ditch Monkey II, The Brass Monkey Year sees Sawyer liv-
Name Sawyer, Hugh
ing in the Swiss Alps for a year without a tent to raise
money for Rainforest Concern. It is believed that this is Alternative names
the second part of a world tour that will see him living Short description
outside without a tent in seven locations each with chal- Date of birth 1973
lenging climates.
Place of birth
Date of death
References Place of death
• Observer newspaper article: The man who wakes up
in a ditch... then goes to work at Sotheby’s
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