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The mvule (Milicia excelsa) is a giant of a tree, up to 50 meters (165 feet) tall, with a trunk 6 m (20 ft) around. To ...

Prizes, like chainsaw and ropes and other tree-climbing gear, are given out for each event. The competition is free for guests. They’ll be food trucks. Competitors are broken into classes ...

For the previous 29 feet of my “recreational tree climbing” career, I had progressed from hesitant to clumsy to competent to downright cocky, as I got my head around the ropes and hardware I ...

It was the “Belay Climb” station. The arborists had to pull themselves up a rope that was fixed high in the tree. The rope looped through a buckle and then returned to another arborist on the ...

The trunks of the mature oaks, without any lower branches to gain a foothold, were the perfect specimens to hone the art of tree climbing. The setting sometimes resembled an outdoor Cirque du Soleil ...

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 ...

After getting suited up, instructors showed them how to tie a rope and connect it to their harness. They were also taught the best method for climbing trees based on factors such as the size or ...

Schulze had rigged the tree for climbing the night before, and the bright colors of our ropes spilled down the trunk, our pathway to the top, wherever it was, somewhere up there out of sight.

All sticks were used to climb a variety of trees throughout the test. A climbing comfort score was built on a one-to-five scale, with five being most comfortable. This was judged by seeing how well ...

Hook started climbing trees in 2008 while chasing ... First, he slings a rope into the tree with a toss or with a slingshot. Then, he gathers his cat-wrangling equipment—a net, a custom-made ...