In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks with Leo Rosen-Fischer, an expert of recreational tree climbing in the Pacific Northwest and owner Tree Climbing at Silver Falls.

Sometimes, Jon Richard says, he’ll be up in the canopy of a large Missouri tree, doing work of some kind, and will stop for a moment to sit still on a perch.

Maybe you climbed trees as a kid in your backyard. But have you ever wondered what it would be like to climb a 300-foot-tall Douglas fir? At Silver Falls State Park, you now have the opportunity to ...

In the world of tree climbing, snakes adopt a surprisingly cautious approach. The study published in Biology Letters reveals that these limbless reptiles exert up to three times the force necessary to ...

Climbing: It’s an activity performed by adventure-seekers at parks and gyms, mountain goats in the Rockies and, sometimes, snakes. To avoid getting too close to the slithering reptiles, only looking ...