David Attenborough relives the moment when he was first encouraged to ascend into the treetops of the jungle.

The jungle canopy is one of the most inaccessible places to reach in the entire natural world. David was one of the first to film high in the treetops.

If you walk into a rainforest you are immediately met by quite literally a forest of trees. And all the tree trunks look like cathedral pillars, smooth and wet from the rain.

Not a single branch emerges from the trunk for tens of metres - and when they do, you see a breath-taking interlocking jungle of branches and leaves, ferns and flowers and all number of creatures great and small.

The canopy is a bonanza of tropical forest life, in the bright light and gentle breeze - a far cry from the dark and humid underworld of the forest floor. Not surprising then that David Attenborough knew this would be a perfect place to film wildlife. Show less