The man who climbs trees
By: James Aldred
Edition: First U. S. edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781328473059
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Growth; Tree climbing; Television camera operators; Officials and employees; Biography; British Broadcasting Corporation; Trees
Description: Meet the man who climbs trees for a living. Whether he's scouting out the perfect canopy shot for the BBC, or just looking for a little fun, James Aldred has climbed scores of behemoth trees. In this adventure memoir, Aldred carries us with him across the globe and up to the top of these towering forest titans as he recalls his most memorable encounters with trees and their inhabitants.--
Table of contents: title: Beginnings, 1988; title: How I got here; title: Goliath: England, 1859, 1991, 1994; title: Tumparak: Borneo, 1998; title: Apollo: The Congo, 1999; title: Tree of Life: Costa Rica, 2001; title: Castaña: Peru, 2003-2004; title: Roaring Meg: Australia, 2008; title: Ebana: Gabon, 2008; title: Kayu Besi: Papua, 2009; title: Fortaleza: Venezuela, 1987, 2010; title: Idyll: Morocco, 2013; title: New Forest: England, 2017.