2007-07-08 04:00:00 PDT Cave Junction, Ore.-- "You want to try a bat hang?" Tim asks and flips over in his harness. His feet point straight up. We're about halfway up a 60-foot black walnut, dangling ...

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Saukville — When Steff Merten asked who wanted to go first, of course it was the guy wearing a Spider-Man T-shirt who raised his hand. Merten had shown members of Riveredge Nature Center's adult tree ...

Master the Ropes Like a Pro! 🧗‍♂️🪢From friction hitches to tree climbing and must-have gear, this is your go-to spot for ...

Master the Ropes Like a Pro! 🧗‍♂️🪢From friction hitches to tree climbing and must-have gear, this is your go-to spot for ...

Along with a couple of pages of handouts, the volunteer instructors from the Sandy River Chapter of the Association of Northwest Steelheaders also recommended a knot-tying website, Animated Knots by ...

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 ...

Tim Kovar, 43, of Oregon City and Nashville, founded Tree Climbing Planet, a tree-climbing school in Oregon City. Kovar thinks teaching people to climb trees inherently helps teach about environmental ...

Recreational tree climbing is booming in the South – and no wonder. Its origins are generally recognized to have begun in 1983 when Peter Jenkins, a rock climber who became a tree surgeon, established ...

I’m dangling 30 feet off the ground in a stately old cottonwood nicknamed Skot’s Tree in Littleton’s South Platte Park. Climbers are similarly hooked to ropes on my right and left. From afar, we ...

Sean MacDonald of Atlanta, Georgia hangs out above the Charlotte Convention Center floor at the Tree Care Industry Expo on Nov. 10, 2022. Sometimes the world gets so crazy that you just want to go ...