ST. LOUIS - Tree-climbing is emerging as a recreational sport, similar to rock climbing. St. Louis instructor Guy Mott says tree-climbing builds muscles and can lead to improved fitness and weight ...

Tree-climbing is emerging as a recreational sport, similar to rock climbing. Local instructor Guy Mott says tree-climbing builds muscles and can lead to improved fitness and weight loss. “If you ...

Unlike most of us, arborists and competitive tree climbers still benefit from scrambling up sturdy and dignified old trees. These professionals know the classic childhood activity isn’t just ...

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 ...

“Come on Bob, let’s go,” said Khadija Smithers, 23, grabbing on to the lifeless body. “Love him,” advised John Nickontro, who led 11 members of the Tahoe Center of the California Conservation Corps ...

T.J. Davenport pulls his way to the top of a 100-foot oak during a recreational tree climbing course at Camp Wyman in Eureka, Mo., last month. Such climbs offer good full-body workouts, advocates say.