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.

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 ...

The enzyme friction hitch is a specialized knot used by arborists and tree climbers to create a secure, adjustable grip on a rope. This technique allows smooth movement up or down the rope while ...

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 ...

Ashley Whittlesey, owner of “That Girl” Tree Care, navigates to the next dead limb as she prunes limbs from an oak tree in a client’s yard in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Whittlesey ...

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, ...

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.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Climbing trees just got serious. Tree care professionals from across the Empire State will compete in the New York State Tree Climbing Championship at Washington Park in Albany ...

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.