Stella Dee, PhD student and tree-climbing champion, demonstrated proper tree-climbing techniques Tuesday morning as part of Founder’s Day, a University of Massachusetts Amherst celebration honoring ...

Tree climbing is an indispensable component of forestry work, serving as a vital means to access the canopy. In the Northwest, pine cone collection is one of the primary reasons for tree climbing.

Rafi Vargas is working on cleanly climbing a 5.13 route in his hometown of Monteverde, Costa Rica. He’s named it El Duro Duro, “The Hard Hard” in Spanish, as a nod to Chris Sharma’s famous route La ...