Consider this scenario: Dispatch receives a report from the FAA indicating that a small plane has crashed in your response area during stormy weather. The downed plane is somewhere south of the local ...

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 ...

Consider this scenario: A parachutist is blown off course and gets caught hanging by their chute in a tree 150 feet off the ground. The branch nearest the ground is 50 feet away, and there’s no ...

The winners of the 2026 NATCC will go on to compete in the 50th Annual International Tree Climbing Championship in St. Louis.

(Original Airdate 10/20/02) Surely the envy of many young boys, Peter Jenkins makes his living climbing trees. "It's very normal to climb trees," he explained. "I mean, hey, the human species, you ...

Left: Bob Wray opened Blue Ridge Tree Climbing 10 years ago in Meadows of Dan, Va. His method relies on technique, not raw strength. (Robin Soslow - Robin Soslow) Left: Bob Wray opened Blue Ridge Tree ...

When was the last time you climbed a tree? Personally, I can’t remember, but I’m guessing it was at least a decade ago. I’d actually completely forgotten about tree climbing as an activity (these days ...

Professional arborists will compete in the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture’s Tree Climbing Championship to be held at at Virginia Tech. Arborists from Virginia, ...

(CBS DETROIT) - The Tree Climbing Championships Masters Challenge event took place Sunday morning in Belle Isle Park. The International Society of Arboriculture of Michigan provides this learning ...