Ashley Whittlesey, owner of “That Girl” Tree Care, navigates to the next dead limb as she prunes limbs from an oak tree in a client’s yard in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Whittlesey ...

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.

Taylor Hamm climbs up the tree during the Aerial Rescue portion of the Tree Climbing Championship at Daniels Park in northeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Hamm said this is his first time ...

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: ...

HOLLAND, MI -- The championship stage is high up in the treetops for the Michigan arborists climbing their way to first place. Michigan’s Tree Climbing Championship is returning to Holland Sept. 20-22 ...

(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 ...

He’s a world-class tree climber climbing in a world-class arboretum. Joe Wurzel is a Senior Arborist at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. He specializes in climbing the tall trees throughout the park.