Arborists armed with chainsaws and climbing gear are always busy cleaning up from the last storm or trying to prevent the next blackout. Recreational climbers can use the same skills and equipment.

Sterling Rope Co., a Biddeford manufacturer of life-safety rope, cord, and hardware, has agreed to be acquired by Sherrill Inc., a North Carolina company that claims to be the largest distributor of ...

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An arborist's leg has been severed after a length of rope, which was wrapped around his leg, was caught in a woodchipper, north-west of Sydney. The man's leg was amputated by a taut rope caught in a ...

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 ...