There's more to climbing a tree than just climbing the tree. For kids, the experience is physical and mental, said Lise Brown, an educator in Winnipeg who focuses on outdoor education.

A 2008 study conducted in England found that half of British kids have been stopped from climbing trees. Parents, they're nervous. But come on!

Last Thursday, July 11, residents of Coquitlam's Eagle Mountain area had front row seats to an apparent mother bear's lesson for two cubs — tree climbing 101.

The Prairie Chapter Tree Climbing Championship will host an expected 32 tree-climbing arborists from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.