Becca Haught of Spartanburg, SC competes in an event during the International Society of Arboriculture's Southern Tree Climbing Championship at the East Little Rock Community Center on Sunday, March 24, 2024. The event serves as a way to showcase professional arborists and the skills required to safely work in trees. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)
LITTLE ROCK -- "This would be the strangest thing to walk up on ... a bunch of astronauts looking up at a tree," contestant Robbie Wilson said as he and other tree climbing enthusiasts watched the Masters' Challenge during the 42nd Annual Tree Climbing Championship in Little Rock on Sunday.
