Somehow this short documentary about a chap that likes to climb trees and sleep in them in even more charming for being ‘radio’ (read: audio only) and not ‘TV’ (read: you know, video and stuff).
Worth a listen, if nothing else, for the peaceful sounds of larks and woodpeckers all around professional tree-climber, James Aldred as he wakes up in the canope of ‘Goliath’ one of the largest trees in Britain. Just when you think this is a wonderful escape from all things technological though, James reveals:
“I have a little ritual when I reach the top of a tree. And thats to put in my iPod and listen to classical music. And there’s one piece that for me opitomises the feeling of being at the top of a tree. It’s by Bach – Cello Prelude.”
For those of you scaling a redwood as they read this, that feeling sounds like this.
