Arborists armed with chainsaws and climbing gear are always busy cleaning up from the last storm or trying to prevent the next blackout. Recreational climbers can use the same skills and equipment.

Some trees are as high as a 20-storey building, so how do you get to the top? Expert tree climber Dave Katz reveals the tricks of the trade.

James Reed, of Fairfax, has built his life largely around trees.The 47-year-old arborist not only travels the country to help remove trees destroyed in hurricanes and other natural disasters, but h… ...

The most surprising part of tree climbing at Silver Falls State Park was how quickly we found ourselves exploring the canopy of an old-growth monster some 200-feet in the sky. Even with a group of ...

A lot has changed for Barton Allen-Hall since he spent his childhood swinging from Canberra’s tree branches, but he has never grown out of climbing. Now an arborist of more than a decade, he still ...

Saying that a recent tree-climbing school was hands-on is a bit of an understatement. As an arboreal activity that requires a whole-body commitment, the course held Aug. 12-15 by Penn State Extension ...

The Minnesota Society of Arboriculture’s Tree Climbing Championship and Festival of Trees is this weekend at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis.