The Hyperlite climbing sticks use AmSteel rope with a prusik knot to cinch tightly to the tree. This friction knot is commonly used in lineman’s ropes and saddle tethers, but it’s the first time I’ve ...

Mammut's latest innovation repurposes industrial waste to create high-performance insulation for eco-conscious adventurers ...

Climbing up trees, wrangling with ropes and navigating twisted odd-angled limbs may not be everyone's idea of a great day.

A small team in a remote corner of Colombia is surveying every tree in an effort to better understand how much planet-warming ...

With summertime bringing a slough of recreational activities to the Lake Tahoe Basin, it’s safe to say there’s no shortage of ...

On Sept. 7, more than 30 first responders from as far south as Marsing and as far north as Kamiah, converged on the Meadows ...

Firefighters from across the state were trained on how to help arborists and homeowners out of trees they can't access with a ...

As the initiated can attest, the passage of time feels different at ground level than it does perched in a tree.

testing a competitor's tree climbing speed and proficiency with a rope among other skills. "The winners of all the preliminaries in the men's and the women's division go on [Sunday] for the ...

Dyck was urged several years ago by her boss at Trilogy Tree Services to enter competitions. Now in her 30s, she has racked ...

There are five preliminary events in the PCTCC that encompass everything an arborist does in a typical day on the job, testing a competitor's tree climbing speed and proficiency with a rope among ...