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At a tree-climbing competition, the most important rule is don't look down

The body draped over the upper branches of the red oak does not move. An unseasonably warm November breeze frees leaves from the tree, fallen foliage swirling around the group that has gathered around ...
WTOC-TV

International Tree Climbing Championship takes over Daffin Park

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A global tree climbing competition made its way to the hostess city. The International Society of Arboriculture’s (ISA) International Tree Climbing Championship (ITCC) has been ...
Oregonian

I climbed a 300-foot-tall tree at Silver Falls State Park. You can, too.

Maybe you climbed trees as a kid in your backyard. But have you ever wondered what it would be like to climb a 300-foot-tall Douglas fir? At Silver Falls State Park, you now have the opportunity to ...
Sixth Tone

Standing Tall: A Runner’s Unlikely Journey to the Top — of Trees

On a hillock on the campus of Xiamen University, a large eucalyptus tree towers above the bamboo grove. A group of men and one woman look up at the maze of silver branches high above their heads. The ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

42nd annual Tree Climbing Championship held in Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK -- "This would be the strangest thing to walk up on ... a bunch of astronauts looking up at a tree," contestant Robbie Wilson said as he and other tree climbing enthusiasts watched the ...
Statesman Journal

Tree climbers from around the world to gather at Silver Falls State Park: How to attend

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 ...