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Although Mel Hamilton is completely at ease when she works high in the branches of a tree, she said her mother was anxious while watching her compete in the Illinois Arborist Association Annual Tree ...

The top tree climber in Ohio is an arborist for a Hilliard company. Justin McVey of Ahlum & Arbor Tree Preservation won the 2010 Ohio Chapter International Society of Arboriculture Tree Climbing ...

Most of us enjoyed climbing trees when we were young, but few of us continue doing so later in life. For some though, like arborists, scaling branches is part of their everyday lives. Professional ...

KENT, Ohio — When you think of science and math, you probably don’t picture dangling from a rope 30 feet in the air. But at Davey Tree’s new SEED Campus, short for Science, Employee Education and ...

EATON — Luke Glines is in his woody gym, scurrying through the tangled limbs of a silver poplar. “I’m always varying it up to try new angles, you know,” he says, breathing hard. “Always want to try ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - For the first time since 2019, the Iowa Arborist Association hosted a tree climbing competition. Dozens of arborists competed in Duck Creek Park in Davenport in five different ...

ALBANY — Passersby found themselves looking up Saturday in Washington Park, as competitors took to the branches for the state’s tree climbing championship. While many may remember clambering up trees ...

Sam Noonan can't scamper up a tree the way he used to. He still climbs, but not with the speed and intensity he did 25 years ago when he was two-time all-around champion of the International Tree ...

— Typically, professionals wearing smart suits gather for their annual conferences in hotel ballrooms, where they attend seminars and mingle over lunch. Professional tree trimmers wearing T-shirts and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville man is competing this weekend in the International Tree Climbing Championships in Washington D.C. Cory Petry is co-owner of Limbwalker Tree Service and works as ...