Excited and nervous. That's what I felt as I headed out to Orange County with my older daughter a few weeks ago to meet up with Patrick Brandt, owner of Piedmont Recreational Tree Climbing, and try my ...

Ten years ago, “Ponderosa” Harv Teitelbaum caught a segment on CBS Sunday Morning that would change his life. The piece highlighted Peter Jenkins, an Atlanta-based arborist, climbing giant redwoods in ...

There's a new business in the Triangle that will take you to heights you may not have achieved since you were a kid. Patrick Brandt, a local dad and tree climbing enthusiast, has launched Piedmont ...

David Risley's new hobby has him up a tree. Risley, an assistant U.S. attorney, used to climb rocks for fun. But it would take a three-hour drive from his home to reach a good rock-climbing area. Good ...

As a child growing up in Fremont, Tim Kovar loved climbing trees. Now, it's his full-time job. Kovar is a certified recreational tree climbing senior instructor associated with Tree Climbers ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Students climb to the top of a 100-foot white oak tree during a recreational tree climbing course on Saturday, June 8, 2013 held ...

CARLISLE — Andrew Joslin had warned that I would hit an invisible “ceiling,” so imagine my surprise when it felt exactly like ramming my head against a hard surface. Suddenly I was seeing stars, ...