(SOUNDBITE) (Kannada) INVENTOR OF TREE CLIMBING SCOOTER, GANAPATHI BHAT, SAYING: “In our area, there is a scarcity of laborers. The labor cost is also very high. I invented this areca (betel) nut tree ...

(Original Airdate 10/20/02) Surely the envy of many young boys, Peter Jenkins makes his living climbing trees. "It's very normal to climb trees," he explained. "I mean, hey, the human species, you ...

Kids climbing trees is a common summer activity, but in Silver Spring, Maryland, they’ve stepped it up a notch and brought out some equipment that professional arborists use. Dozens of kids put on ...

On Halloween 2010, West Jefferson resident Duane Hook, 49, had a job to do. He had received a call about a cat stuck in a tree, and for the first time, he would use his amateur climbing skills to help ...

New Jersey -- This South Jersey professional tree climber has picked up a heroic hobby. Steven Murrow uses his professional tree-climbing skills to save cats who have gotten themselves stuck in tall ...

Some people will go to great heights to save animals. Few go farther than Steven Murrow. Murrow, owner of Tesla Tree Service in South Jersey in Pittman, received a call of a kitty in distress. It was ...

While most teenagers spend their free time on gadgets and online games, three young friends have taken up the extreme sport ...

Chicagoans is a first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. This week’s Chicagoan is Beau Nagan, arborist and winner of the Illinois Tree Climbing Championship. I climbed ...

The 2025 Michigan Tree Climbing Competition will take place at Emerson Park, located at 1300 W. Main St., September 19 – 21. The event is hosted by Midland Parks and Recreation Department and ...