17-year-old Mauri Rose Kirby spent 211 days, nine hours and 33 minutes in a 3-by-3-by-6-foot box atop a pole, finally descending on March 4, 1959. The feat landed her in the Guinness World Records book. Kirby had a phone, a sleeping bag, and an electric heater in her perch. The subzero temperatures, high winds, and crackpots made her stay somewhat challenging.