An event participant on stilts distributes stripes created in the colours of the Russian state flag during celebrations of National Flag Day in Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov 

A performer on stilts walks and performs for the crowd during the Calgary Stampede rodeo and exhibition in Calgary, Alberta, Canada July 10, 2023. REUTERS/Todd Korol 

A man dressed as a tree walks on stilts past the Houses of Parliament at 'The Big One' environment event which coincides with "Earth Day", in London, Britain, April 22, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs 

Members of E-Xin Dragon and Lion Dance troupe jump from one stilt to another during their lion dance practice ahead of the Lunar New Year celebration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

Members of E-Xin Dragon and Lion Dance troupe jump from one stilt to another during their lion dance practice ahead of the Lunar New Year celebration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

Mariam Olayiwola, also known as Amazi, attempts to break the Guinness World Record for spinning the most hula hoops simultaneously whilst on stilts, in London, Britain, November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska 

Mariam Olayiwola, also known as Amazi, attempts to break the Guinness World Record for spinning the most hula hoops simultaneously whilst on stilts, in London, Britain, November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska 

Mariam Olayiwola, also known as Amazi, attempts to break the Guinness World Record for spinning the most hula hoops simultaneously whilst on stilts, in London, Britain, November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska 

Mariam Olayiwola, also known as Amazi, attempts to break the Guinness World Record for spinning the most hula hoops simultaneously whilst on stilts, in London, Britain, November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska 

Mariam Olayiwola, also known as Amazi, attempts to break the Guinness World Record for spinning the most hula hoops simultaneously whilst on stilts, in London, Britain, November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska 

Stilt walkers in costume wait to participate as they attend New York's Annual Village Halloween Parade in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

Power stilt artist Bouncy Bruce performs at the final unveiling of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant at BAFTA in London, Britain, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/May James 

Power stilt artist Bouncy Bruce performs at the final unveiling of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant at BAFTA in London, Britain, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/May James 

Power stilt artist Bouncy Bruce pose for a picture at the final unveiling of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant at BAFTA in London, Britain, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/May James 

Power stilt artist Bouncy Bruce performs at the final unveiling of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant at BAFTA in London, Britain, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/May James 

Performers on stilts wave England flags during St George’s Day celebrations at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Performers on stilts wave England flags during St George’s Day celebrations at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

Fishing boats that are expected to depart for salmon and trout fishing this season sit perched on stilts, near the Pacific Ocean at Habomai port in Nemuro, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, April 12, 2022. Picture taken April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Daniel Leussink 

Dirty water of mostly plastic trash is pictured behind homes and under latrines on stilts in West Point, one of the poorest and most densely populated communities in Monrovia, Liberia March 7, 2022. Picture taken March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Carielle Doe 

Children are seen at the entrance of a wooden stilt house at the Makoko fishing community in Lagos, Nigeria February 26, 2022. Picture taken February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja 

A man sleeps on wooden stilts built on a lagoon in the Makoko fishing community in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos February 26, 2022. Picture taken February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Performers on stilts walk down Market Street as the annual parade for the Lunar New Year returns to the famed Chinatown neighborhood after a hiatus last year due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in San Francisco, California, U.S., February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Performers on stilts walk down Market Street as the annual parade for the Lunar New Year returns to the famed Chinatown neighborhood after a hiatus last year due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in San Francisco, California, U.S., February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small 

Participants of the ?Perna de Pau Raquel Poti? workshop walk on stilts where the annual block party "Ceu na Terra" used to be celebrated, as Carnival celebrations have been postponed, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares 

A participant of the ?Perna de Pau Raquel Poti? workshop ties her shoes before practicing on stilts where the annual block party "Ceu na Terra" used to be celebrated, as Carnival celebrations have been postponed, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares 

Participants of the ?Perna de Pau Raquel Poti? workshop prepare before walking on stilts where the annual block party "Ceu na Terra" used to be celebrated, as Carnival celebrations have been postponed, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares 

A girl from the ?Perna de Pau Raquel Poti? workshop practices on stilts where the annual block party "Ceu na Terra" used to be celebrated, as Carnival celebrations have been postponed, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares 

A child greets a performer walking with stilts, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine rollout for children aged 5-11, at a mall in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

Women take care of children underneath a building on stilts during an outreach by healthcare workers who traveled by river into the Amazon rainforest to educate people from the indigenous Urarina community about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and offer medical care, in Nueva Union, Peru October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda 

A man and stray dogs pass by a residential block constructed on stilts early morning in the town of Yakutsk, in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia, September 7, 2021. Picture taken September 7, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Yegor Dyachkovsky poses for a photo near his family home where the land has been deformed by the thawing permafrost, on a former airfield in the village of Churapcha in Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia, September 5, 2021. Mottled hills and pitted reliefs are typical in places where the permafrost has degraded, producing what is known as "thermokarst" terrain. Across Russia, there are more than 15 million people living on permafrost foundations. Russia is investing to better monitor the subterranean thaw. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans to deploy 140 monitoring stations, each with up to 30-meter wells to measure the situation underground. While that may help determine how quickly the region is thawing, it won't help villagers like Dyachkovsky whose home is already buckling at Churapcha's former airport. In the five years since his family built their home, the ground has sunk below it. At first the home was raised 30 centimetres off the ground on its stilt foundations. The gap is now a full meter. Dyachkovsky has brought five truckloads of soil to fill the gap between the ground and his home, and says he still needs more. Picture taken September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov SEARCH "PERMAFROST SHEMETOV" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Jim King stands on the porch of his stilted house as an aid helicopter flies by the mostly deserted and destroyed Grand Isle after hurricane Ida in Louisiana, U.S., September 2, 2021. Jim was one of a few residents who stayed in his home during the hurricane. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

A person on stilts receives cars at a vaccine drive-thru as Sao Paulo begins to vaccinate young people from 18 to 21 years old against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

A person on stilts looks at young man being vaccinated as Sao Paulo begins to vaccinate people from 18 to 21 years old against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

A person on stilts receives cars at a vaccine drive-thru as Sao Paulo begins to vaccinate young people from 18 to 21 years old against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

People on stilts take part in a protest calling for the impeachment of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and against his handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 3, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares 

Zulu Connection stilt walkers, of New Orleans, take a break after performing at the Juneteenth celebration at Memorial Park in Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S., June 19, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

The skyline of lower Manhattan and the One World Trade Center tower are seen as people visit the peak of Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC, and Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia Group, does a television interview at Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. Little Island was primarily funded by The Diller - von Furstenberg Family Foundation. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC, and Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia Group, does a television interview at Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. Little Island was primarily funded by The Diller - von Furstenberg Family Foundation. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People look out at the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade center tower from the peak of Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

People visit Little Island Park, almost three acres of new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River and the remnants of Pier 54 in the larger Hudson River Park, on Manhattan's West Side, during the park's opening day in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

A person juggles while standing on stilts during celebrations for Israel's Independence Day, which marks the 73rd anniversary of the creation of the state, in Times Square in New York City, U.S., April 18, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs 

A man dances on stilts to drum music with a crowd while celebrating Israel's Independence Day, which marks the 73rd anniversary of the creation of the state, in Times Square in New York City, U.S., April 18, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs 

A protester on stilts takes part in a demonstration to mark United Nations day against racism in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece March 20, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas