Although Mel Hamilton is completely at ease when she works high in the branches of a tree, she said her mother was anxious while watching her compete in the Illinois Arborist Association Annual Tree ...

The enzyme friction hitch is a specialized knot used by arborists and tree climbers to create a secure, adjustable grip on a ...

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 ...

Explore the SRT hitch series and learn how to use skif-formed eyes with pulleys for efficient, safe movement in tree climbing ...

Jonathan Houghton, a certified arborist from Hunterdon County, is the New Jersey state tree climbing champion.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Arborists from across the region gathered ...

On a cool April morning nearly three decades ago, then 30-year-old Robert Gallant put on his harness and readied himself for the next competition in the circuit. The Williamsburg resident had spent ...

BENTONVILLE -- Joey Cameron was 1 second too late. Cameron, who works for Integrity Tree Care of Fort Worth, had 5 minutes to rescue a dummy from a tree Saturday in the Natural State Tree Climbing ...

An arborist in Fort Worth is headed for New Zealand with hopes of bringing home a world title. James Prichard owns Integrity Tree Care. He spends his days climbing, trimming, and caring for trees so ...

What do you do? I work as a consulting and climbing arborist for homeowners, architects and builders [in the Seattle area], and volunteer my time climbing older trees for research and fun. I also ...

Kathy Holzer loves it when someone tells her to "go climb a tree." She doesn't take it as an insult. It's an invitation. Holzer, 41, never outgrew her childhood passion for climbing trees. Now she ...

BENTONVILLE -- Joey Cameron was 1 second too late. Cameron, who works for Integrity Tree Care of Fort Worth, had 5 minutes to rescue a dummy from a tree Saturday in the Natural State Tree Climbing ...