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October 14, 2016
Q. “Ah, go climb a tree,” you say. Who might actually take you quite seriously?
A. Teacher Tim Kovar for one, who climbed his first tree in Nebraska at age four and is still climbing. These days he can be found at his school “Tree Climbing Planet” in Oregon City, Oregon, teaching researchers, elementary school students, the elderly and more, reports interviewer Rachel Nuwer in Scientific American magazine. A master instructor, Kovar has scaled more than 5,000 trees worldwide, including in every U.S. state except Alaska; he's also been hired by biologists and entomologists to gather treetop data or to set up rigs for safe ascents.
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