Villagers in the East Khasi Hills guide the aerial roots of Ficus elastica across gorges on bamboo scaffolds, then wait fifteen to thirty years while the roots fuse into a walkable span. About 72 are documented; some are roughly five centuries old and still thickening.

This system takes its values from the gorge floor, not from a travel photograph. The ground is wet stone at #262B1C, the light arrives already green, and every surface reads damp. Spans are braided and asymmetric because nothing here was drawn before it was grown.