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 ...

Excited and nervous. That's what I felt as I headed out to Orange County with my older daughter a few weeks ago to meet up with Patrick Brandt, owner of Piedmont Recreational Tree Climbing, and try my ...

I had to climb 20 feet before I reached the lowest branches of the 100-year-old white oak. Suspended by a climbing rope hooked onto my arborist harness, I swung my feet onto a branch the width of a ...

ST. LOUIS — Tree-climbing is emerging as a recreational sport, similar to rock climbing. St. Louis instructor Guy Mott says tree-climbing builds muscles and can lead to improved fitness and weight ...

As a child growing up in Fremont, Tim Kovar loved climbing trees. Now, it's his full-time job. Kovar is a certified recreational tree climbing senior instructor associated with Tree Climbers ...

CARLISLE — Andrew Joslin had warned that I would hit an invisible “ceiling,” so imagine my surprise when it felt exactly like ramming my head against a hard surface. Suddenly I was seeing stars, ...

The Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation Department is offering a new class to people in the OKC metro area who want to learn how to climb trees. The class is dedicated to teaching people from ages ...

There's a new business in the Triangle that will take you to heights you may not have achieved since you were a kid. Patrick Brandt, a local dad and tree climbing enthusiast, has launched Piedmont ...

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 ...