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How static redirects improve MRS DRT efficiency

A static redirect in Moving Rope System (MRS), often associated with Double Rope Technique (DRT) climbing, allows arborists to change the rope’s direction through the canopy while reducing friction ...
Los Angeles Times

Bored with your workouts? Try tree rope climbing

I can’t breathe. I’m exhausted. My heart is beating through my chest. I can’t believe this is happening. I’m sorta freaked out. I’m dangling in mid-air, 50 feet above the ground, swaying in the breeze ...
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Betsy Kling learns the ropes of climbing tree like an arborist: Growing STEM

When you think of science and math, you probably don’t picture dangling from a rope 30 feet in the air. But at Davey Tree’s new SEED Campus, short for Science, Employee Education and Development, the ...
CNN

Learning the ropes with an expert tree climber

Tree climbing is typically regarded as a happy childhood activity. However, one company is helping people of all ages discover, or rediscover, one of life’s simple pleasures. Expert tree climber Tim ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

PHOTOS: Arborists shake things up in tree climbing contest in Arkansas

BENTONVILLE -- Joey Cameron was 1 second too late. Cameron, who works for Integrity Tree Care of Fort Worth, had 5 minutes to rescue a dummy from a tree Saturday in the Natural State Tree Climbing ...
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Tree-climbing school goes out on a limb to teach safety to pros and homeowners alike

Saying that a recent tree-climbing school was hands-on is a bit of an understatement. As an arboreal activity that requires a whole-body commitment, the course held Aug. 12-15 by Penn State Extension ...
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Learning the ropes with an expert tree climber

Tree climbing is typically regarded as a happy childhood activity. However, one company is helping people of all ages discover, or rediscover, one of life’s simple pleasures. Expert tree climber Tim ...