Jonathan Houghton, a certified arborist from Hunterdon County, is the New Jersey state tree climbing champion.

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 ...

Tree climbers from around the world took to the trees at Owen Park to compete in the Midwestern Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture's (MWISA) Tree-Climbing Qualifying Competition.

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: ...

The enzyme friction hitch is a specialized knot used by arborists and tree climbers to create a secure, adjustable grip on a ...

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, ...

More than two dozen arborists from across the state and the greater Pacific Northwest will be in Rogue River, Ore., this weekend to strut their tree-climbing stuff. And the best men and women climbers ...

Explore the SRT hitch series and learn how to use skif-formed eyes with pulleys for efficient, safe movement in tree climbing. This tutorial shows arborists and climbers how to integrate pulleys and ...

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 ...

New Jersey -- This South Jersey professional tree climber has picked up a heroic hobby. Steven Murrow uses his professional tree-climbing skills to save cats who have gotten themselves stuck in tall ...

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 ...

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.