Tree climbing, an occupation with indigenous roots in California’s Sierra Nevada, is physically taxing even for athletes. Cone collectors are sometimes scaling trees that are hundreds of feet high, ...

Suspended nearly 200 feet in the air, tree climbers made their way to the canopies of giant Douglas firs on Aug. 23 at Silver Falls State Park during the annual Tree Climbers Rendezvous. Tree Climbing ...

Sydney Hudzinski climbs in the 2023 Minnesota Society of Arboriculture's Tree Climbing Championship. She won in 2024 and is returning to compete in 2025. NINA MOINI: There's a kid in your life who ...

Taylor Hamm climbs up the tree during the Aerial Rescue portion of the Tree Climbing Championship at Daniels Park in northeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Hamm said this is his first time ...

The Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture will host the Southern Oregon Tree Climbing Competition on Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7, at the Palmerton Arboretum, 300 W ...

When Tim Kovar, perhaps the world’s most sought-after professional tree climber, saw recent headlines about people illegally ascending giant redwoods in California, he experienced a familiar emotion: ...

On an October day in Plumas National Forest, Alex Lemnah traverses the canopy of an incense cedar nearly 100 feet off the ground, listening carefully for the sound of a branch snapping under his feet.