Arborists work in a world of extreme heights and life-or-death consequences every day. I went behind the scenes of a ...

Climbing stairs has been increasingly ingrained in exercise guidance, but it can sometimes be hard to find a place to do it. Many people who do it regularly say office ...

Steven Murrow, a climber from New Jersey, captured the moment he scaled a tall tree to save a stranded cat that had been crying for help Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A professional climber from Toms River, New Jersey, captured the moment he saved a cat stranded in a tall tree on Sunday, March 1.

This video demonstrates the Heaving Line Knot, a crucial technique for arborists and tree climbers looking to throw rope farther and more accurately. By mastering this knot, you can enhance your ...

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (KESQ) - A rock climber was rescued after falling 40 feet in the Indian Cove area at Joshua Tree National Park. Joshua Tree National Park—San Bernardino County Fire crews responded ...

A rescue call near the UC Santa Cruz campus escalated into a major emergency on Saturday after two people became trapped high in a redwood tree. One man fell an estimated 80 feet while firefighters ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research ...

Imagine living sometime around the early 1600s. You're standing on the deck of a wooden ship. The wind's biting, the sky's endless. And your captain's yelling, "Drop the log!" Back then, before sonar ...

Arborists depend on several knots for safe climbing and rigging. The most widely used arborist knots include bowline knots, figure eight knots, distel knots, and Prusik knots. Per the National ...