Unlike most of us, arborists and competitive tree climbers still benefit from scrambling up sturdy and dignified old trees. These professionals know the classic childhood activity isn’t just ...

From left, Eric Massie, Ryan Rastok, Erin Massie and Chris Johnson suspend themselves in a Scotch pine tree in northwest Lawrence on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The four arborists enjoy spending some of ...

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

The Bay of Plenty arborist has won her second consecutive International Tree Climbing Championships world title. This time, ...

The top tree climber in Ohio is an arborist for a Hilliard company. Justin McVey of Ahlum & Arbor Tree Preservation won the 2010 Ohio Chapter International Society of Arboriculture Tree Climbing ...

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 ...

Don’t be alarmed if you saw large bands of mysterious tree climbers clustering in Esther Short Park on Monday. Arborists from the International Society of Arboriculture are in town for their annual ...

— Typically, professionals wearing smart suits gather for their annual conferences in hotel ballrooms, where they attend seminars and mingle over lunch. Professional tree trimmers wearing T-shirts and ...

While athletes are vying for gold in London, Malvern’s Peter Fixler is also competing on the international stage. The prize – a chainsaw. That’s one of the prizes in the International Tree Climbing ...

Rachel Brudzinski of New York City gets paid to climbs trees. She works at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, which spans about 250 acres of Bronx Park, but she came to Burlington off-hours ...