The rainforest canopy is one of our planet’s last frontiers. A vast wilderness of wondrous complexity and beauty that we are only just beginning to understand. For the past thirty years I have used rope skills to explore and film these hidden worlds for the BBC and National Geographic.
The Man Who Climbs Trees is my opportunity to share the wonder of this high frontier with the reader.
‘He is that best of things, a romantic realist, his voice makes for good company;
clearly a master of his craft, he has the matter of fact tone of true adventurers’
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'A book of heart-stopping bravery and endurance...
will give you new reverence for the beauties of the natural world'
HELEN MACDONALD – author of H is for Hawk
'Incredible adventures and a dramatic new perspective’
CHRIS PACKHAM - broadcaster and BBC presenter
'The giant trees described by James are full of wonder
and his fascinating book is a story of true adventure'
PETER WOHLLEBEN – author of The Hidden Life of Trees
