Sometimes, Jon Richard says, he’ll be up in the canopy of a large Missouri tree, doing work of some kind, and will stop for a moment to sit still on a perch.

Then, one day this summer, the rope swing was gone. Video reviewed by SFGATE showed an arborist cutting down the giant tree’s ...

Davey Tree's SEED Campus trains arborists with hands-on climbing exercises and emphasizes safety and planning.

Christopher Meyer has a lot of physical gifts that have allowed him to excel in four sports for Independence High School.

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An investigation has been launched by authorities in Atlanta after a “noose-like rope” was found attached to a tree near to ...

Your reward for reaching the top? A knockout view of the expanse of Lake Charlevoix, with Lake Michigan sparkling just beyond.

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One particularly memorable account of failure there described temperatures of twenty degrees below zero and winds that drove ...

Via ferratas, a type of protected climbing route, require no experience and allows users to enjoy the same cliffs as seasoned alpinists.

This story, “Jug Head — a Coon Dog!” originally ran in the January 1949 issue of Outdoor Life.