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 ...

While athletes are vying for gold in London, Malvern’s Peter Fixler is also competing on the international stage. The prize – a chainsaw. That’s one of the prizes in the International Tree Climbing ...

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM Lyon Arboretum arborist Jamilee Kempton practices her climbing on an 80-foot-tall Chinese banyan tree. CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / ...

ATCP partners with ArborEXPO to provide its members 25% off tickets to ArborEXPO 2026, a tree care industry event for networking, education, and training. This strategic partnership provides our ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...

A few years ago, Emily Fisher helped some friends clear branches from ponderosa pines near Placid Lake. “They got me up in one of those trees, and I loved every second of it,” she said. She loved it ...

On a cool April morning nearly three decades ago, then 30-year-old Robert Gallant put on his harness and readied himself for the next competition in the circuit. The Williamsburg resident had spent ...