They’re less well known than others who recreate in forests, but they find communing with nature among trees – literally in trees – just as calming. They’re recreational tree climbers, a group whose ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tree climbers from around the world will gather at Silver Falls State Park to enjoy nature, food and scale old growth giants as ...