In 2007 a group of some of the most experienced tree climbing instructors and facilitators came together with the goal of creating an inclusive, non-profit, and democratic organization to serve our growing community. From that initial meeting arose the GOTC, an organization dedicated to serving the recreational, adventure, experiential and educational tree climbing communities.
GOTC Vice-President Bill “Wild Bill” Maher
For more on the GOTC check out http://www.gotreeclimbing.org/
UpTrees: Art of Climbing Trees An Adventure & a Manifesto It started seemingly randomly as a personal challenge, “I’m going to climb one tree every day for a year”, and after 2 weeks of this eccentric discipline, I started inviting co-climbers to join me. I have a tick in my brain called a conscience, or perhaps it’s naivety that we can turn this Titanic off course and sail it beyond the frozen arctic past the ice breaking up. So with a sinking Earth ship our conversations in the trees would turn to politics, the environment, childhood memories. Science, mathematics, art, the pace of life, death, waste, romance, fresh ground coffee, ...
World Record Unassisted Tree Climb 
Garth Climbing Giants Michael Barnard from Rakestraw Books (Danville, CA) and climbing instructor Tim Kovar of Tree Climbing Planet joined Garth for his 200-foot-plus climb up an ancient redwood.
View from the Treetops 
Redwood Logging in California, 1940’s 
Tim Kovar of Tree Climbing Planet Tim Kovar is the founder of Tree Climbing Planet and a Master Tree Climbing Instructor with 20 years of teaching experience. His love and respect of nature, coupled with his wanderlust spirit, led him to metaphorically and literally take the vertical path less traveled. As Tim says, “Climbing a tree isn’t about getting somewhere; it’s about being somewhere.”
Tree Trek Exploration | Tree Climbing Training and Adventures Tree Trek Exploration trains adventurers, researchers and educators to move through the forest canopy at will, using the latest and safest tree climbing techniques and equipment. They also offer two inexpensive public “try it” tree climbs each month for those who aren’t sure if this adventure is right for them.
Tree Climbing USA – “Hanging Out With Shady Characters” 
Glossary of Tree Climbing and Related Terms 
Simon & Schuster presents the spellbinding and transcendent new novel by the author of THE ART OF RACING
IN THE RAIN
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