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

Tree climbing is typically regarded as a happy childhood activity. However, one company is helping people of all ages discover, or rediscover, one of life's simple pleasures. Expert tree climber Tim ...

Tree climbers from around the world will gather at Silver Falls State Park to enjoy nature, food and scale old growth giants as high as 300-feet from Aug. 21-25 at the Tree Climbers Rendezvous. The ...

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.

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.

When Tim Kovar, perhaps the world’s most sought-after professional tree climber, saw recent headlines about people illegally ascending giant redwoods in California, he experienced a familiar emotion: ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. When Chase Andersen is getting ready to climb, he doesn’t have to do much to mentally prepare. Climbing ...

There’s a close-knit group of guys in the Quad-Cities who represent the new face of “tree huggers” — and they’re devoted to it. “They’re kind of a different breed,” said Dan Roberson, a general ...

(WJAR) — The New England Tree Climbing Championships were held on Saturday in Rhode Island. Climbers from around the region assembled at Buttonwood Park in Warwick for the event. It was organized by ...

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, ...