The winners of the 2026 NATCC will go on to compete in the 50th Annual International Tree Climbing Championship in St. Louis.

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 ...

ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CHARGES. ONE THING WE KNOW FOR SURE -- HE CAN AFFORD AN ATTORNEY. "TREE CLIMBING" HAS BECOME A PRETTY POPULAR SPORT, AND THE 8TH ANNUAL NATURAL STATE TREE CLIMBING COMPETITION IS ...

Natalie Beneviat Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. | Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. Saying that a recent tree-climbing school was hands-on is a bit of an understatement. As an arboreal activity that ...

Tim Kovar climbed his first tree in his Nebraska backyard at the age of four. Now a master climbing instructor, he has scaled more than 5,000 trees worldwide, at sites ranging from South America to ...

Turns out Kiwis are pretty good at tree climbing. We've won 15 times at the International Tree Climbing Championships.

Plenty of Coloradans have bagged a fourteener or scaled a rock wall. But summer is the perfect season to experience the state from on high in a more unique way: tree climbing. “Up in the crown, trees ...

But it’s second nature for tree climbing champion and Nimble Tree Care owner Jacob Claassen, who heads to New Zealand this ...