The Hitch Climber system is a key tool for arborists and tree climbers using MRS and DRT techniques. Understanding setup, ...

When preparing to remove a diseased or dead tree, you may need to climb into the tree to remove some limbs before cutting the trunk. You can use a pair of tree-climbing spikes to help you move up the ...

Tree climbing is typically regarded as a happy childhood activity. However, one company is helping people of all ages discover, or rediscover, one of life's simple pleasures. Expert tree climber Tim ...

Stella Dee, PhD student and tree-climbing champion, demonstrated proper tree-climbing techniques Tuesday morning as part of Founder’s Day, a University of Massachusetts Amherst celebration honoring ...

Tree climbing is an indispensable component of forestry work, serving as a vital means to access the canopy. In the Northwest, pine cone collection is one of the primary reasons for tree climbing.

Being an arborist is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. Go inside a tree-climbing competition to see the skills ...

Shot during the summer of 2009 in Wyoming’s Gros Ventre Range, this photo was part of a project documenting severe whitebark pine mortality, evident in the large numbers of whitebark pine trees with ...

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 ...

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.

He’s a world-class tree climber climbing in a world-class arboretum. Joe Wurzel is a Senior Arborist at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. He specializes in climbing the tall trees throughout the park.